| 11. | These numbers are in decline as the youngest generation no longer learns the language . ( See Language death .)
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| 12. | According to language death, " language death . . . occurs when a language loses its last native speaker ."
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| 13. | According to language death, " language death . . . occurs when a language loses its last native speaker ."
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| 14. | :: : : : : The usual criterion for language death is the dying out of a community of native speakers.
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| 15. | By the end of the twentieth century Scots was at an advanced stage of language death over much of Lowland Scotland.
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| 16. | One could write an article on language death without mentioning any particular language, but just explaining what causes languages to die.
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| 17. | Language death is when speakers of a language die off, and there are no new generations learning to speak this language.
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| 18. | By the end of the twentieth century, Scots was at an advanced stage of language death over much of Lowland Scotland.
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| 19. | Language death, they say, " is symptomatic of cultural death : a way of life disappears with the death of a language ."
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| 20. | Language death can be fast, when the children are taught to avoid their parents'language for reasons such as work opportunities and social status.
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