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I hear Latin and Sanskrit are called dead languages. Sanskrit is used in rituals and at the temples.
I think this is also true of Latin.
What is the cause of their degradation when they have enriched so many languages like English and Telugu which are expanding on a large scale, especially English across the globe?

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I hear Latin and Sanskrit are called dead languages. Sanskrit is used in rituals and at the temples.
I think this is also true of Latin.
What is the cause of their degradation when they have enriched so many languages like English and Telugu which are expanding on a large scale, especially English across the globe?

latin sanskrit dead-languages

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I hear Latin and Sanskrit are called dead languages. Sanskrit is used in rituals and at the temples.
I think this is also true of Latin.
What is the cause of their degradation when they have enriched so many languages like English and Telugu which are expanding on a large scale, especially English across the globe?

latin sanskrit dead-languages

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By definition, a dead language is a language that does not have any native speakers anymore but that had native speakers earlier (the last clause is needed to delineate dead languages from constructed languages that never ever had any native speakers). Looking at the definition, Latin is definitely a dead language, and Sanskrit is a dead language, too, despite some revival experiments (see Is the Sanskrit spoken natively in pockets in India changing? for more info on Sanskrit revival).

The definition of a dead language does not preclude its use in religion, science, or even administration, it does not diminish its prestige, and it does not make a language unsuitable as a donor of borrowed words in other languages.

EDIT: It is also possible that L2 learners of a dead language use it for communication or for composing literary works (There is a Latin translation of Asterix, after all)

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By definition, a dead language is a language that does not have any native speakers anymore but that had native speakers earlier (the last clause is needed to delineate dead languages from constructed languages that never ever had any native speakers). Looking at the definition, Latin is definitely a dead language, and Sanskrit is a dead language, too, despite some revival experiments (see Is the Sanskrit spoken natively in pockets in India changing? for more info on Sanskrit revival).

The definition of a dead language does not preclude its use in religion, science, or even administration, it does not diminish its prestige, and it does not make a language unsuitable as a donor of borrowed words in other languages.

EDIT: It is also possible that L2 learners of a dead language use it for communication or for composing literary works (There is a Latin translation of Asterix, after all)

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By definition, a dead language is a language that does not have any native speakers anymore but that had native speakers earlier (the last clause is needed to delineate dead languages from constructed languages that never ever had any native speakers). Looking at the definition, Latin is definitely a dead language, and Sanskrit is a dead language, too, despite some revival experiments (see Is the Sanskrit spoken natively in pockets in India changing? for more info on Sanskrit revival).

The definition of a dead language does not preclude its use in religion, science, or even administration, it does not diminish its prestige, and it does not make a language unsuitable as a donor of borrowed words in other languages.

EDIT: It is also possible that L2 learners of a dead language use it for communication or for composing literary works (There is a Latin translation of Asterix, after all)

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By definition, a dead language is a language that does not have any native speakers anymore but that had native speakers earlier (the last clause is needed to delineate dead languages from constructed languages that never ever had any native speakers). Looking at the definition, Latin is definitely a dead language, and Sanskrit is a dead language, too, despite some revival experiments (see Is the Sanskrit spoken natively in pockets in India changing? for more info on Sanskrit revival).

The definition of a dead language does not preclude its use in religion, science, or even administration, it does not diminish its prestige, and it does not make a language unsuitable as a donor of borrowed words in other languages.

EDIT: It is also possible that L2 learners of a dead language use it for communication or for composing literary works (There is a Latin translation of Asterix, after all)

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