The Emergence Machine

Endangered Language

abstract · Anthropology · Level 8 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

endangered-language emerges from language. It requires culture, time.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “endangered language” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “endangered language”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
endangered language
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

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Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

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In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Risk L3 (requires)
    A language is considered endangered when it is at risk of falling out of use and disappearing over time due to cultural, social, or demographic changes.
  • Endangered L6 (requires) polysemous
    A language is considered endangered when it is at risk of falling out of use and disappearing over time due to cultural, social, or demographic changes.
  • Language L7 (foundational)
    Language provides the foundational basis for understanding endangered language.