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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">dead languages</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>extinct languages</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>languages</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>dead language</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>languages, dead</topic></variant> <note 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. ]]></note></mads>