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<blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 4194623" data-attributes="member: 5890">No, languages die when the distribution and density of speakers falls below a critical level, and they're replaced with another language that is used by more people. The most common cause of this is when a language becomes so splintered due to regional changes that it's no longer useable as a form of communication outside of the area where it evolved, and it effectively breaks into multiple languages, each with a very small number of speakers.Number of words in your list that are new specific meanings that fit within the broader meaning: 12Number of words in your list that are new meanings for old words: 2The remaining words are new words for new meanings.Number of words that you put up that are simple misspellings and mispronunciations of existing words... 0Justicar is not a new word for a new meaning - it's a misspelling of a word used by a small proportion of the population to mean something that the original already meant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saeviomagy, post: 4194623, member: 5890"] No, languages die when the distribution and density of speakers falls below a critical level, and they're replaced with another language that is used by more people. The most common cause of this is when a language becomes so splintered due to regional changes that it's no longer useable as a form of communication outside of the area where it evolved, and it effectively breaks into multiple languages, each with a very small number of speakers. Number of words in your list that are new specific meanings that fit within the broader meaning: 12 Number of words in your list that are new meanings for old words: 2 The remaining words are new words for new meanings. Number of words that you put up that are simple misspellings and mispronunciations of existing words... 0 Justicar is not a new word for a new meaning - it's a misspelling of a word used by a small proportion of the population to mean something that the original already meant. [/QUOTE]

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