dead language

Examples (10)

• Latin is a dead language.
• Many scholars study ancient dead languages to understand history.
• The professor specialized in the revival of nearly dead languages.
• Some minority languages are in danger of becoming dead languages.
• Learning a dead language like Ancient Greek can be intellectually rewarding.
• Few people still speak those dead languages as their mother tongue.
• The discovery of new texts shed light on a previously unknown dead language.
• Although a dead language, Latin continues to influence modern vocabulary.
• There are efforts to document and preserve languages before they become dead languages.
• The evolution of human communication means some languages inevitably become dead languages.