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language death

process when a language loses its last native speaker
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language death

Summary

language death ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,045 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • language death is a type of occurrence[2].
  • language death's facet of is recorded as sociolinguistics[3].
  • language death's has effect is recorded as dead language[4].
  • language death's different from is recorded as language attrition[5].

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Definition and Type

language death is a type of occurrence[2].

Why It Matters

language death ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,045 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

Related Entities

sociolinguistics

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → sociolinguistics
    Different from → language attrition
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → occurrence
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13064, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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