killer language
nounEtymology
The phrase was first used by Anne Pakir in 1991 in reference to English.
Definitions
A dominant and prestigious language which gradually causes extinction of other,…
A dominant and prestigious language which gradually causes extinction of other, especially minor languages.
- It is only when the state adopts a trade language as official and, in a fit of linguistic nationalism, foists it upon its citizens, that trade languages become "killer languages."
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for killer language. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA