语言死亡是一个语言学术语,指语言的终结或消亡。这也被称为语言灭绝。
一种濒危语言(几乎没有孩子学习该语言)和一种灭绝的语言(最后一位母语使用者死亡的语言)之间通常存在区别。
语言学家大卫·克里斯托(David Crystal)估计,“平均每两周,世界上某个地方就会有一种语言消亡”。(千方百计:寻找英语的旅程,2008)。
[T] 在北美,非语言学家在保护语言、方言、词汇等方面所能做的最好的事情是,在其他可能的行动中,(法国语言学家克劳德·哈格,《论语言的死亡与生命》一书的作者,《问答:语言的死亡》,纽约时报,2009年12月16日)
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