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killer languages

killer languages is the plural of killer language.

Meaning of killer language

Noun

killer language (plural killer languages)

  1. A dominant and prestigious language which gradually causes extinction of other, especially minor languages.
    • It is only when the state adopts a trade language as official and, in a fit of linguistic nationalism, foists it upon its citizens, that trade languages become "killer languages."2012, Danny Hieber, Mises Daily, Why Do Languages Die?

Questions about killer languages

What is killer languages the plural of?
Killer languages is the plural of killer language.

Words near killer languages in the dictionary

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