An endangered language or moribund language is a language that is at risk of disappearing as its speakers die out or shift to speaking other languages. Language loss occurs when the language has no mo
Dolly Pentreath, last known native speaker of the Cornish language, in an engraved portrait published in 1781
An extinct language or dead language is a language with no living native speakers. A heritage language, or sometimes a dormant language, is an extinct language that still serves as a symbol of ethnic
Endangered language
…its speakers die out or shift to speaking other languages. Language loss occurs when the language has no more native speakers and becomes a "dead" or "extinct language". A dead language may still be studied through recordings or writings, but it is still considered dead or extinct once there are no more fluent speakers…
A piece of Eteocypriot writing from Amathous, Cyprus, dated c. 500–300 BCE, on display at Ashmolean Museum
Bilingual Latin–Punic inscription at the theatre in Leptis Magna in present-day Libya