Linguistic diversity
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Definitions

Definitions

Complete the definitions with the following words:
*** country - Spain - someone - speakers - language - native - communication ***
NATIVE SPEAKER
A native speaker of a language is 1) who 2) that language as their first language rather than having learned it as a foreign language.

ENDANGERED LANGUAGE
It’s a language that is at risk of falling out of use as its speakers die out or shift to speaking another 3) . Language loss occurs when the language has no more 4) speakers.

LANGUAGE
It’s a system of 5) that uses signals, voice sounds, gestures and written symbols.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE
A foreign language is a language originally from another 6) than the speaker.
For example, an English speaker living in 7) can say that Spanish is a foreign language to him or her.