A language is living if it changes with its people. Imagine a language that only grownups use, it might feel dead because kids aren’t learning it anymore. But if kids are adding new words and changing the way they speak, like when they say “lit” or “rizz”, then the language is alive! It keeps growing with every generation.
Examples
- Kids at school start saying 'rizz' instead of 'charisma'.
- Grandma still speaks the same way she did when she was young.
- New words like 'selfie' come from social media.
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See also
- What Causes a Language to Evolve Over Time?
- What Causes a Language to Change Over Time?
- What Makes a ‘Language’ Unique and How Do They Evolve?
- How Does a Language Change Over Time?
- How Did the First Language Arise?
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