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Extinct language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An extinct language is a language which no longer has any speakers. Extinct languages may be contrasted with dead languages: no longer spoken as a main language. Normally the transition from a dead ...
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List of extinct languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
•List of extinct languages of Africa •List of extinct languages of Asia •List of extinct languages in Central America and the Caribbean •List of extinct languages of Europe •List of extinct languages ...
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[translation: The only good language is a dead language.]; BS536 - Si hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaler educatus et nimim propinquus ades! [translation: If you can read this bumper sticker, you are both very well educated and much too close!]; ... Back to the List of Lists...
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Actually Dead or Extinct Languages - for most purposes. ... I will touch upon several languages: Cuneiform writing of Mesopotamia; Sinaitic Script; Indus Valley Script; Hittite Hieroglyphic Writing; Lycian; Lydian; Phrygian; Egyptian; Etruscan; Carian Script...
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* indicates a reconstructed form ; + indicates a dead language (but some are undergoing revivals) ... (If the math doesn't seem to work out, note that I have plenty of dialects and conlangs not included in Ruhlen's list.) There are about 200 languages with more than a million speakers, all of which are in the list.
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Computer E-mail Lists for Individual Languages, or, The List of Language Lists ... Those interested in contacting speakers of languages (not necessarily linguists) should also consider contacting the appropriate soc.culture list (e.g. soc.culture.polish).
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600-750 -- Latin has become a dead language. Few people in the west outside of monasteries can read. The spoken languages of Italy, France and Spain change rapidly. Monks, particularly in Ireland, read and write classical Latin and preserve ancient texts as well as church documents.
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