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I was going to disagree, but looks like language is considered extinct when it has no speakers left, including second-language speakers. [1] The total loss of n
by distances 8y ago
I was going to disagree, but looks like language is considered extinct when it has no speakers left, including second-language speakers. [1] The total loss of native speakers is called "language death" instead. So yes, Latin will likely never be extinct.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_death