<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">dead languages</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31332980</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:29:45</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">dead language</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">languages, dead</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Languages that are no longer spoken by native speakers. While the term may have overlapping usage with "extinct languages," an extinct language typically is limited to languages having no descendents. For example, Latin is a dead language but not extinct, because it has several descendent languages and is read and even spoken by scholars and in the Vatican. ]]></dc:description></metadata>