A language which has native speakers and is currently in use as a means of communication.
1In Helsinki, Missierna disclosed the existence of a complex and living language.
2Hebrew had ceased to be a living language before the Christian era.
3He knew no living language except French; and French he knew very imperfectly.
4In these, religious art still lingers as a living language, however rudely spoken.
5At any period of a living language, there are three levels of speech.
6Along with these attainments, he was master of Hebrew as a living language.
7This is a living language that speaks to us all.
8That's Spanish for 'ant.' The scientific community would never approve of a living language classification.
9I could hear arguments conducted in every living language and at least one dead one.
10No one calls Sanskrit a living language because some Indian sects still pray in Sanskrit.
11But it is quite different with a living language.
12Rawinia Higgins is at the forefront of efforts to preserve Te Reo as a living language.
13For them, Irish is not a living language.
14For some, Irish is a living language, their way of communicating with family and friends every day.
15Rawinia Higgins is at the forefront of efforts to preserve Te Reo as a living language… Audio
16We might then expect, once more, to see the language of Homer and Demosthenes a living language.