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
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
A lingua franca, also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, link language, or language of wider communication, is a language systematically used to make comm
French dictionary printed in 1830 detailing the Mediterranean Lingua Franca
Extent of Middle Low German in red with its use as a literary language black lines tilted right