Abstract

Translanguaging has emerged as one of the most influential pedagogical sociolinguistic and cognitive approaches in contemporary linguistic research particularly within multilingual societies where minority languages face challenges of suppression displacement and eventual extinction. This research paper seeks to explore the role of translanguaging as a mechanism for empowering speakers of minority languages and facilitating the adoption revitalization and sustained use of these languages in formal and informal contexts. The study positions translanguaging not merely as a linguistic practice but as a socio-political and cultural strategy capable of reshaping power relations associated with language hierarchies. The research demonstrates that when learners are allowed to mobilize their entire linguistic repertoires minority languages begin to acquire legitimacy educational functionality and emotional value. Translanguaging practices stimulate deeper cognitive engagement enhance communica