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Sending Off the Dead
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WHEN LANGUAGE DIES
This article applies to complete languages and differs from the classification of words terms like obsolete or archaic. Click here for more on word classification.
This article applies to complete languages and differs from the classification of words terms like obsolete or archaic. Click here for more on word classification.
A dead language, technically known as extinct language is a language that no longer has any speakers, especially if the language has no living descendants. It is not the native language of any community even if it is still in use, like Latin. Languages that currently have living native speakers are sometimes called modern languages or classical languages.
In contrast to an extinct language, which is no longer spoken or written, a historical language may remain in use as a literary or liturgical language long after it ceases to be spoken natively. Such languages are sometimes also referred to as "dead languages", but more typically as classical languages. The most prominent example is Latin, but there are many found throughout world history . This is due to the universal tendency to retain a historical stage of a language as a liturgical language.
Historical languages with living descendants that have undergone significant language change may be considered "extinct", especially in cases where they did not leave literature or liturgy in widespread use, as is the case with Old English or Old High German relative to their contemporary descendants, English and German.
THE DEATH AND DYING PROCESS
Languages become extinct as a result of the process of cultural assimilation. This leads to language shift, and the gradual abandonment. Normally the transition from a spoken to an extinct language occurs when a language undergoes language death by being directly replaced by a different one. For example, many Native American languages were replaced by English, French, Portuguese, Spanish or Dutch as a result of colonization.
As of the 2000s, a total of roughly 7,000 natively spoken languages existed and most are minor languages in danger of extinction. One estimate published in 2004 expected that some 90% of the currently spoken languages will have become extinct by 2050.
THE ZOMBIE REVIVAL
Language revival is the attempt to re-introduce a recently extinct language in everyday use by a new generation of native speakers. We use the optimistic expression "sleeping beauty languages" to inspire hope. The most popular example of a revived liturgical language is Hebrew and it has successfully integrated back into life for everyday use.
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In contrast to an extinct language, which is no longer spoken or written, a historical language may remain in use as a literary or liturgical language long after it ceases to be spoken natively. Such languages are sometimes also referred to as "dead languages", but more typically as classical languages. The most prominent example is Latin, but there are many found throughout world history . This is due to the universal tendency to retain a historical stage of a language as a liturgical language.
Historical languages with living descendants that have undergone significant language change may be considered "extinct", especially in cases where they did not leave literature or liturgy in widespread use, as is the case with Old English or Old High German relative to their contemporary descendants, English and German.
THE DEATH AND DYING PROCESS
Languages become extinct as a result of the process of cultural assimilation. This leads to language shift, and the gradual abandonment. Normally the transition from a spoken to an extinct language occurs when a language undergoes language death by being directly replaced by a different one. For example, many Native American languages were replaced by English, French, Portuguese, Spanish or Dutch as a result of colonization.
As of the 2000s, a total of roughly 7,000 natively spoken languages existed and most are minor languages in danger of extinction. One estimate published in 2004 expected that some 90% of the currently spoken languages will have become extinct by 2050.
THE ZOMBIE REVIVAL
Language revival is the attempt to re-introduce a recently extinct language in everyday use by a new generation of native speakers. We use the optimistic expression "sleeping beauty languages" to inspire hope. The most popular example of a revived liturgical language is Hebrew and it has successfully integrated back into life for everyday use.
WHISPER FROM KAI:
Zombies are Real.
READ ON.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LANGUAGE DIES?
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(WE REVIVE THEM OF COURSE )
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LEAD ZOMBIE: The Dashing Mr. Greek
LEAD ZOMBIETTE: Classical Beauty Ms. Latin
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