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Note that such a language would not actually need to be actively spoken in normal life much. Almost by definition - if a language isn't "spoken much" - it isn
by drugme 8y ago
Note that such a language would not actually need to be actively spoken in normal life much.
Almost by definition - if a language isn't "spoken much" - it isn't really language. But rather a collection of rules and definitions.
- chillacy 8y agoLatin isn't spoken much and we still call it a language: a dead language. Esperanto is still spoken, it's just a particularly uncommon (but not even the smallest) language.
- drugme 8y agoOK, I'll correct myself: "If a language is (or never has been) spoken much..."
- em-bee 8y agohttp://jbr.me.uk/ranto/m.html http://jbr.me.uk/ranto/m.html gives a better definition of a dead language: one that does not naturally evolve because it does not have any native speakers, but only second language speakers.