Language death
Synonyms for "language death" (9 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
cultural lossdeath of language
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
ethnolinguistic lossknowledge losslanguage extinction
Related words (4)
Noun(4 words)
language shift processlinguistic erosionlinguistic extinctiontransmission decline
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More general
3 entriescultural consequencelinguistic phenomenonlinguistic process
More specific
6 entriescomplete language deathintergenerational transmission breakdownintergenerational transmission disruptionoral tradition lossregional language deathtraditional knowledge loss
Collocations
5 entriescultural lossintergenerational transmission losslanguage endangermentlanguage shiftlinguistic extinction
Inflections
1 entrieslanguage deaths
Derivations
2 entrieslanguage-deadlinguistic death