Definition for dead language - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	dead language (dead lan\|guage) noun a language which is no longer in everyday spoken use, such as Latin.		More words in this category aleph cognate deixis delexical descriptor Graecism holophrasis illocution joual language area lexical lexicography lexis monomorphemic monosyllable neurolinguistics speech community syllabification topic Nearby Words dead air dead ball dead bat dead cat bounce dead centre dead duck dead end dead hand dead heat dead language dead leg dead letter dead letter box dead lift dead load dead loss dead man dead man's fingers dead man's handle