dead language

Noun

Meaning

a language that is no longer learned as a native language

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

aramaic extinct language dead tongue bygone language due language late language late speech lifeless speech outmoded language straight language unconscious language cold speech cold words damned speech dead dialect
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Antonyms

revived official language modern language living language

Hypernyms

language linguistic communication

Examples

Prayers 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

Close letter words and terms

dead information Dead Internet theory dead key dead languages dead last dead leaves