A language which is no longer in everyday spoken use, such as Latin.
死语言（如拉丁语）
Example sentencesExamples
The film is shot entirely in the dead languages of Aramaic and Latin, the two that would have been spoken around the time of Jesus' life in Jerusalem.
She knew that Latin was a dead language but it helped her when she came across an historic document that needed translation.
The other part of Jonathon understood the language that Minoie was speaking: a dead language of antiquity which was remembered only in the ceremonial prayers of the Rentaio.
To memorize ancient chants and spells is not so very different from learning the dead languages of Latin and Greek.
Hebrew was a dead language till 1880 but today it is the official language of Israel.
He more or less gave up photography and devoted himself to the study of Assyrian, a dead language.
Definition of dead language in US English:
dead language
noun
A language which is no longer in everyday spoken use, such as Latin.
死语言（如拉丁语）
Example sentencesExamples
To memorize ancient chants and spells is not so very different from learning the dead languages of Latin and Greek.
The film is shot entirely in the dead languages of Aramaic and Latin, the two that would have been spoken around the time of Jesus' life in Jerusalem.
She knew that Latin was a dead language but it helped her when she came across an historic document that needed translation.
The other part of Jonathon understood the language that Minoie was speaking: a dead language of antiquity which was remembered only in the ceremonial prayers of the Rentaio.
He more or less gave up photography and devoted himself to the study of Assyrian, a dead language.
Hebrew was a dead language till 1880 but today it is the official language of Israel.