English Explanatory Dictionary

killer language

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dominant and prestigious language which gradually causes extinction of other, especially minor languages.

Word forms

killer language killer languages

Etymology

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

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