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noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A language which is still spoken in the contemporary period.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: llengua viva — a language which is still spoken
  • Finnish: elävä kieli — a language which is still spoken
  • French: langue vivante — a language which is still spoken
  • Georgian: ცოცხალი ენა (cocxali ena) — a language which is still spoken
  • Indonesian: bahasa hidup — a language which is still spoken
  • Japanese: 現用言語 (gen'yō gengo) — a language which is still spoken
  • Kazakh: тірі тіл (tırı tıl) — a language which is still spoken
  • Polish: żywy język — a language which is still spoken
  • Romanian: limbă vie — a language which is still spoken
  • Vietnamese: sinh ngữ — a language which is still spoken
  • Yakut: тыыннаах тыл (tïïnnaaq tïl) — a language which is still spoken