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[edit] Language not necessarily extinct
The language represented here did not necessarily go extinct with the death of Marie Smith. She was the last native Eyak speaker. To say that the language is extinct with her death discounts those linguists who may study the Eyak language. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.4.93.40 (talk) 18:46, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
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- When a language is said to be extinct that only includes native speakers, not linguists.·Maunus· ·ƛ· 21:04, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- Yes. It' extinct, but not dead language. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.226.98.223 (talk) 23:24, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
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- There is no distinction linguistically between extinct and dead. That is a silly distinction. Once a language has no native speakers it is dead, extinct, defunct, gone, etc. The only thing that can change that status is the rise of new native speakers, as happened with Hebrew. Eyak is gone, extinct, dead. There will always be linguists who continue to study Eyak, but that doesn't make it any less dead. There are ten times as many linguists who study Sumerian, but that doesn't make it any less dead either. (Taivo (talk) 23:38, 28 September 2008 (UTC))
