Noun
a language that is no longer learned as a native language
Source: WordNetPrayers in Etruscan were used in the Roman world by augurs and other oracles long after Etruscan became a dead language. Source: Internet
ISBN 0-521-44384-9 (hbk) ISBN 0-521-44849-2 (pbk) *Peust, Carsten, Egyptian phonology : an introduction to the phonology of a dead language, Peust & Gutschmidt, 1999. Source: Internet