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Language Death
A topic within Endangered & World Languages, itself one of 7 topics in that field and part of Linguistics & Language.
Reading for Endangered & World Languages
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Assumes you know the vocabulary.
- BookLanguage DeathDavid Crystal, 2000
A language disappears roughly every two weeks, and what is lost is a distinct system for organising experience, not just vocabulary.