linguicide

English

Etymology

From linguo- +‎ -cide.

Noun

linguicide (uncountable)

1. The death of a language, either naturally or from political causes.

Translations

the death of a language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 語言滅亡 / 语言灭亡 (yǔyán mièwáng), 語言消亡 / 语言消亡 (yǔyán xiāowáng), 語言滅絕 / 语言灭绝 (yǔyán mièjué)

• French: linguicide (fr)
• German: Linguizid (de) m, Linguozid (de) m, Sprachmord m, Sprachenmord m
• Spanish: lingüicidio m
• Swedish: språkdöd c