Warp wrote:
> That's not the definition of dead language. A dead language is one
> which has had native speakers in the past but doesn't have anymore
> anywhere.
FWIW, my college linguistics class defined "dead language" as "one
nobody knows how to speak any more". The prof specifically excluded
Latin from being a dead language. So I think even the pros don't agree
on what they're talking about there.
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
"That's pretty. Where's that?"
"It's the Age of Channelwood."
"We should go there on vacation some time."
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