killer language

English

The phrase was first used by Anne Pakir in 1991 in reference to English.

killer language (plural killer languages)

(linguistics) A dominant and prestigious language which gradually causes extinction of other, especially minor languages.
- 2012, Danny Hieber, Mises Daily, Why Do Languages Die?:
  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."

单词	killer language
释义	killer language English Etymology The phrase was first used by Anne Pakir in 1991 in reference to English. Noun killer language (plural killer languages) (linguistics) A dominant and prestigious language which gradually causes extinction of other, especially minor languages. 2012, Danny Hieber, Mises Daily, Why Do Languages Die?: 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."
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