glottophagy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
French glottophagie, coined by Louis-Jean Calvet.
Noun[edit]
glottophagy (uncountable)
- (rare) The absorption or replacement of minor languages or dialects by major ones.
- 1993, Kenneth Hyltenstam, Åke Viberg, Progression and regression in language, page 28:
- One scientist's language spread is another's glottophagy. There are a number of partly overlapping perspectives, which can be regarded as concerned primarily with progression or regression.