dead language

1. 1.

   a language that is no longer learned as a native language

   Broaderlanguage

Questions about dead language

What does dead language mean?

dead language means "a language that is no longer learned as a native language".

Is dead language a common word?

dead language is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.