The projects in Birmingham, Leicester, London and Manchester will get mainstream and supplementary schools working together to teach languages such as Arabic, Hindi and Urdu.
"The aim is to enhance teaching and learning of heritage languages that might be spoken in the child's home," said Sarah Cartwright, programme manager at the National Centre for Languages, one of the project partners.
"If you value children's lingual skills you confirm their sense of identity, boost self-esteem and motivate them to do better at school," she added.
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