- living language
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a language which is still spoken in the contemporary period, as opposed to a dead language
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living language — noun : a language in use as a vernacular any world language must be a living language Charlton Laird … Useful english dictionary
Living Language (publisher) — Living Language [http://www.livinglanguage.com] , an imprint of Random House, Inc., is a foreign language self study publisher. Living Language publishes a number of courses in languages such as French, German, Italian, Persian, Arabic, etc.… … Wikipedia
living language — language that is currently spoken … English contemporary dictionary
(a) living language — a living language phrase a language that people still speak and use in their ordinary lives Thesaurus: types of language and general words for languagehypernym languageshyponym Main entry: living … Useful english dictionary
Language education — Language Teaching redirects here. For the journal, see Language Teaching (journal). Linguistics … Wikipedia
living — [liv′iŋ] adj. 1. alive; having life; not dead 2. full of vigor; in active operation or use [a living institution] 3. of persons alive [within living memory] 4. in its natural state or place, or having its natural force, motion, etc. [hewn from… … English World dictionary
a living language — a language that people still speak and use in their ordinary lives … English dictionary
language — /lang gwij/, n. 1. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French… … Universalium
Language family — See also: List of language families A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto language of that family. The term family comes from the tree model of language origination in… … Wikipedia
living — liv|ing1 [ lıvıŋ ] adjective count *** 1. ) usually before noun alive at the present time: He has no living relatives. She s arguably the sexiest living movie star. a ) the living all the people who are alive 2. ) only before noun living… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
