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A language which no longer has any native speakers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: extinct language
Antonyms: none provided
a language that is no longer learned as a native language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: language, linguistic communication
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
لُغَة بَائِدَة
— language with no native speakers
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Arabic:
لُغَة مَيِّتَة
— language with no native speakers
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Arabic:
لُغَة مُنْقَرِضَة
— language with no native speakers
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Arabic:
لُغَة مُنْدَثِرَة
— language with no native speakers
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Azerbaijani:
ölü dil
— language with no native speakers
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Basque:
hizkuntza hil
— language with no native speakers
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Catalan:
llengua morta
— language with no native speakers
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Chinese Mandarin:
死語言 /死语言
(sǐyǔyán)
— language with no native speakers
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Chinese Mandarin:
死語 /死语
(sǐyǔ)
— language with no native speakers
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Chinese Mandarin:
滅絕語言 /灭绝语言
(mièjué yǔyán)
— language with no native speakers
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Dutch:
dode taal
— language with no native speakers
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Esperanto:
mortinta lingvo
— language with no native speakers
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Estonian:
surnud keel
— language with no native speakers
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Finnish:
kuollut kieli
— language with no native speakers
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French:
langue morte
— language with no native speakers
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French:
langue ancienne
— language with no native speakers
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Galician:
lingua morta
— language with no native speakers
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Georgian:
მკვდარი ენა
(mḳvdari ena)
— language with no native speakers
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German:
tote Sprache
— language with no native speakers
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Hungarian:
holt nyelv
— language with no native speakers
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Indonesian:
bahasa mati
— language with no native speakers
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Italian:
lingua estinta
— language with no native speakers
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Japanese:
死語
(shigo)
— language with no native speakers
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Kannada:
ಸತ್ತಭಾಷೆ
(sattabhāṣe)
— language with no native speakers
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Kapampangan:
meteng amanu
— language with no native speakers
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Kazakh:
өлген тіл
(ölgen tıl)
— language with no native speakers
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Khmer:
ភាសាស្លាប់
— language with no native speakers
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Korean:
사어
(sa'eo)
— language with no native speakers
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Lithuanian:
mi̇̀rusioji kalbà
— language with no native speakers
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Lithuanian:
mi̇̀rusi kalbà
— language with no native speakers
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Norwegian:
dødt språk
— language with no native speakers
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Polish:
język wymarły
— language with no native speakers
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Portuguese:
língua morta
— language with no native speakers
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Romanian:
limbă moartă
— language with no native speakers
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Russian:
мёртвый язы́к
(mjórtvyj jazýk)
— language with no native speakers
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Spanish:
lengua muerta
— language with no native speakers
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Swedish:
utdött språk
— language with no native speakers
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Tagalog:
patay na wika
— language with no native speakers
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Tamil:
வழக்கிழந்த மொழி
(vaḻakkiḻanta moḻi)
— language with no native speakers
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Turkish:
ölü dil
— language with no native speakers
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Ukrainian:
мертва мова
(mertva mova)
— language with no native speakers
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Vietnamese:
tử ngữ
— language with no native speakers