A language is like a big family of words. If lots of people use it every day, it’s alive, like when you play with your friends and talk all the time. But if only a few people speak it, it might be dying, like a quiet little voice that gets harder to hear.
Examples
- A baby learning to talk from their parents keeps the family’s language alive.
- An old man who only speaks his native tongue might be one of the last people to use that language.
- Kids in school learn English and forget their own language.
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See also
- What Causes a Language to Disappear?
- What Causes a Language to Change Over Time?
- How Does a Language Shape the Way We Think?
- How Does a Language Change Over Time?
- What Causes a Language to Evolve Over Time?
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