Language death occurs when a language is no longer spoken by anyone. Languages do not naturally die out but are instead "killed" when their speakers abandon the language due to pressures to assimilate and adopt dominant languages that have greater social and economic opportunities. There are several types of language death including sudden, radical, gradual, and bottom-to-top death. Major causes of language death include globalization, urbanization, modern education, and the pressure of dominant languages that are given more prestige and power. Efforts can be made to revive languages through programs that promote acquisition by adults, create socially integrated speaker populations, develop literacy in the language, and encourage use of the language in various social domains over time.

1. TOPIC NAME:
Language Death
In Socio Linguistics

2. Groups Members Are:
Arslan Ali
ID# 192110037
Hafiz Zeeshan Tariq
ID# 192110007

3. WHAT IS LANGUAGE DEATH?
A Language dies when nobody
speaks it any more.
(crystal 2003:1)
Language always died when their
speakers have died or started using
other languages.

4. DO LANGUAGES DIE OR ARE THEY KILLED?
 Shifted to another language
 Language pressure on mother-Tongue.
 There is no chance of opportunity for native speakers.
 There is no education no jobs in their language.
 Their languages look down upon & treated with
contempt.
 people are adopt languages who used for Jobs,
education system,media,commerce,and respactable
company.
 People have no benefits from learning it they start
considering inferior themselves.
This means that the language does not die, it is Killed.

5. TYPES OF LANGUAGE DEATH
 Sudden language death
All the speakers of a language die or are killed.
Ex: Tasmanian, Nicole no (California)
 Radical language death
All the existing speakers stop speaking the
language
“ Language Suicide”
 Gradual Language death
Number of speakers slowly declines
 Bottom-to-top language death
Language survives in specific context
Ex. (Latin,Ge,ez)

6. THE CAUSES OF LANGUAGE DEATH
 Globalization
 Industrial revolution
 Urbanization
 Displacement
 Modern education
 Pressure of power language on smaller language
 Technological development

7. LANGUAGE REVIVAL /REVITALIZATION
OF LANGUAGE.
1. What is language revitalization?
2. Possible reasons for language
revitalization?
3. What are possible strategies for
languages revivals?

8. LANGUAGE REVIVAL
DAVID CRYSTAL (U.K LINGUIST) 5 REASONS OR 6
FACTORS ABOUT REVIVAL OF LANGUAGE
1. We need to diversity.
2. Language express
identity.
3. Languages are
depositories of
knowledge.
4. Contribute to human
language.
5. Language are
interesting in
themselves.
1. Prestige.
2. Wealth.
3. Legitimate power.
4. Strong presence in
education.
5. Write down the
language.
6. Use electronic
technologies.
REASONS Factors

9. FISHMAN’S MODEL FOR REVIVING THREATEN OR
DEAD LANGUAGE.
8 Steps :
1. Acquisition of language by adults
2. Create socially integrated population of objective
speakers.
3. Use informal language among people.
4. Literacy in language
5. Encourage the language in lice of compulsory state.
6. Encourage the use of language in workplace.
7. Encourage the use of language in local govt. & mass
media etc.
8. Encourage the higher education & government etc.

10. The End