Talk:Moribund language

I've added a second pharagraph
''Particular words of a language can also be considered moribund if they are no longer being used by the community. Clear examples of this are the rural related vocabulary, which is no longer used in many places due to the abandon of the rural areas, or the names of very specific places which are only known by the locals (such as La Timba by the inhabitants of the Covadonga neighbourhood in the Catalan city of Sabadell).''

I think that's quite important, because not only a language can be moribund but also particular words of a specific language.

Onofre Bouvila 22:44, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

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Using the term "ethnic" in defining the users of a specific language makes a false connection. Language is not necessarily tied to a specific ethnic group as is clear when looking at broadly used languages, such as English, which is the primary language for many countries, races, and ethnicities. Perhaps the best example of misuse of an ethnic-language connection is during the multilateral peace talks to resolve the Bosnian conflict. The Serb, Croat, and Bosnian representatives listened the same translator while their translation boxes were set to channels labeled for their respective "languages."

I think it would be more appropriate to use a generic term, such as "people group", to define language users.


 * Sure, some other term may be more appropriate. Maybe "community"? "People group" just isn't English. kwami 16:46, 20 November 2005 (UTC)