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language extinction

language extinction noun: language death.

Noun

language extinction (plural language extinctions)

  1. language death

Forms of language extinction

plurallanguage extinctions

Questions about language extinction

What does language extinction mean?
Language extinction means language death.
What part of speech is language extinction?
Language extinction is a noun.
What is the plural of language extinction?
The plural of language extinction is language extinctions.

Words near language extinction in the dictionary

  1. language ecologies
  2. language ecology
  3. language education
  4. language exchange
  5. language exchanges
  6. language extinction
  7. language extinctions
  8. language families
  9. language family
  10. language game
  11. language games

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