linguicide

English

Etymology

linguo- +‎ -cide

Noun

linguicide (uncountable)

The death of a language, either naturally or from political causes.

Translations

the death of a language

Chinese:
Mandarin: 語言滅亡／语言灭亡 (yǔyán mièwáng), 語言消亡／语言消亡 (yǔyán xiāowáng), 語言滅絕／语言灭绝 (yǔyán mièjué)
French: linguicide (fr)
German: Linguizid (de) m, Linguozid (de) m, Sprachmord m, Sprachenmord m
Spanish: lingüicidio m
Swedish: språkdöd c

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