dead language

/dɛd ˌlæŋgwɪdʒ/
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Other forms: dead languages

Definitions of dead language
  1. noun
    a language that is no longer learned as a native language
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    type of:
    language, linguistic communication
    a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
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