"language death" meaning in English

See language death in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: language deaths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} language death (plural language deaths)
  1. The death of a language, when a language loses its last native speaker Synonyms: linguicide
    Sense id: en-language_death-en-noun-0A8eYjmb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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