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dead language

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a language that is no longer learned as a native language

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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

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