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The Romansch language has five very different [dialect]s. = dialect
Unless something is done, about half the world's languages are going to [die out]. = uitsterven
Language death may be caused by natural or man-made [disaster]s, like earthquakes and war. = ramp
We ought to be concerned when a language is threatened with [extinction]. = uitsterven
The Ainu language had only eight [fluent] speakers left. = vloeiend
The [growth] of English is killing other languages. = groei / uitbreiding
Linguists say there are about [half a dozen] killer languages, apart from English. = zes
Romansch is [increasingly] used in its spoken form. = in toenemende mate
The young wona's [killer] has not yet been found. = moordenaar
A [linguist] is someone who speaks or studies languages. = taalkundige / linquist
Speakers of a [minority] language sometimes stop using it in favour of a more popular language. = minderheid
Language [murder] happens when speakers of a minority language stop using it. = moord
New government [policies] in Japan saved the Ainu language. = beleid
You can't [recreate] a spoken language when it is dead. = nieuw leven inblazen
We [replay]ed the recording several times but couldn't hear the message. = opnieuw afspelen
When she [retold] the story, some of the details had changed. = opnieuw vertellen
The students [rewrote] the project after they had corrected the mistakes. = herschrijven
Romansch Grishum now has official [status] in parts of Switzerland. = status
What does the [term] “language murder” mean? = term