"living language" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: living languages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} living language (plural living languages)
  1. A language which is still spoken in the contemporary period, as opposed to a dead language. Wikipedia link: living language Translations (a language which is still spoken): llengua viva [feminine] (Catalan), elävä kieli (Finnish), langue vivante [feminine] (French), ცოცხალი ენა (cocxali ena) (Georgian), 現用言語 (gen'yō gengo) (alt: げんようげんご) (Japanese), тірі тіл (tırı tıl) (Kazakh), żywy język [masculine] (Polish), limbă vie [feminine] (Romanian), тыыннаах тыл (tıınnaaq tıl) (Yakut)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "llengua viva"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
          "word": "elävä kieli"
        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "cocxali ena",
          "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
          "word": "ცოცხალი ენა"
        },
        {
          "alt": "げんようげんご",
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        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
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        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "limbă vie"
        },
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          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "tıınnaaq tıl",
          "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
          "word": "тыыннаах тыл"
        }
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llengua viva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
      "word": "elävä kieli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "langue vivante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "cocxali ena",
      "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
      "word": "ცოცხალი ენა"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんようげんご",
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      "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
      "word": "現用言語"
    },
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      "lang": "Kazakh",
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      "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
      "word": "тірі тіл"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
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      ],
      "word": "żywy język"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limbă vie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "tıınnaaq tıl",
      "sense": "a language which is still spoken",
      "word": "тыыннаах тыл"
    }
  ],
  "word": "living language"
}

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