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  • noun The death of a language, either from natural or political causes.

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Examples

  • - The way the Turkish government has and is "linguicide" the Kurdish language (4).

    unknown title 2009

  • - The way the Turkish government has and is "linguicide" the Kurdish language (4).

    unknown title 2009

  • Let us, however, examine how the linguicide of the digital era has also devastated the Muslim ethos.

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  • Let us, however, examine how the linguicide of the digital era has also devastated the Muslim ethos.

    words of wisdom from shaykh abdalqadir 2008

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  • Linguicide, literally, is th killing of a language, but metaphorical usage of th term can describe either th inadvertent butchery of good usage by an inadept speaker or th deliberate orwellian perversion or misconstruction of th vocabulary of a language as can b seen n xpressions of soidisant political correctness. Also, n keeping wth usage of more common -cide's, a linguicide may also b an agent responsibl for linguistic murder.

    December 6, 2009