Language
endangered language
noun
Definition
A language at risk of falling out of use as its speakers die or shift to other languages.
In a sentence
“UNESCO estimates that half of the world's languages could disappear by the end of this century.”
Synonyms
dying languageminority language
Common collocations
- preserve an endangered language
- language documentation
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noun
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noun
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noun
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