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linguicide

linguicide noun: the death of a language, either naturally or from political causes.

Noun

linguicide (uncountable)

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

Origin of linguicide

From linguo- + -cide.

Questions about linguicide

What does linguicide mean?
Linguicide means the death of a language, either naturally or from political causes.
What part of speech is linguicide?
Linguicide is a noun.

Words near linguicide in the dictionary

  1. linguemes
  2. Lingui
  3. linguica
  4. linguicas
  5. linguicidal
  6. linguicide
  7. linguicism
  8. linguicisms
  9. linguicist
  10. linguicists
  11. linguidental

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