dead language in English
noun
1
a language no longer in everyday spoken use, such as Latin.
The other part of Jonathon understood the language that Minoie was speaking: a dead language of antiquity which was remembered only in the ceremonial prayers of the Rentaio.
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1. Why study Latin? It's a dead language .
2. The only existing written example of this seemingly dead language.
3. We used to grumble that we were wasting time learning a dead language.
4. Language loss occurs when the language has no more native speakers and becomes a "dead language".