dialect

The Romansch language has five very different dialects.

die out

Unless something is done, about half the world's languages are going to die out.

disaster

Language death may be caused by natural or man-made disasters, like earthquakes and war.

extinction

We ought to be concerned when a language is threatened with extinction.

fluent

The Ainu language had only eight fluent speakers left.

growth

The growth of English is killing other languages.

half a dozen

Linguists say there are about half a dozen killer languages, apart from English.

increasingly

Romansch is increasingly used in its spoken form.

killer

The young wona's killer has not yet been found.

linguist

A linguist is someone who speaks or studies languages.

minority

Speakers of a minority language sometimes stop using it in favour of a more popular language.

murder

Language murder happens when speakers of a minority language stop using it.

policies

New government policies in Japan saved the Ainu language.

recreate

You can't recreate a spoken language when it is dead.

replay

We replayed the recording several times but couldn't hear the message.

retold

When she retold the story, some of the details had changed.

rewrote

The students rewrote the project after they had corrected the mistakes.

status

Romansch Grishum now has official status in parts of Switzerland.

term

What does the term “language murder” mean?

ramp

ramp

uitsterven

uitsterven

dialect

dialect

groei / uitbreiding

groei / uitbreiding

vloeiend

vloeiend

uitsterven

uitsterven

moordenaar

moordenaar

in toenemende mate

in toenemende mate

zes

zes

moord

moord

minderheid

minderheid

taalkundige / linquist

taalkundige / linquist

opnieuw afspelen

opnieuw afspelen

nieuw leven inblazen

nieuw leven inblazen

beleid

beleid

status

status

herschrijven

herschrijven

opnieuw vertellen

opnieuw vertellen

term

term