dead languagenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌded ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us/ˌded ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/a language that is no longer spoken by anyone as their main language:
Latin is a dead language.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Forms of languages & specialist dialects
- acrolect
- argot
- basilect
- cant
- colloquialism
- lingo
- lingua franca
- metalanguage
- newspeak
- non-standard
- officialese
- oral
- pidgin
- plain English
- rhyming slang
- slang
- slangy
- speak
- telegramese
- tongue
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