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Discover LudwigThe phrase "living language" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a language that is still actively spoken and evolving, as opposed to a dead language that is no longer used in everyday communication. Example: English is a constantly evolving living language, with new words and phrases being added all the time.
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living language
noun
A language which is still spoken in the contemporary period, as opposed to a dead language
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"All living language is change".
English is a living language.
But living language is not diminished.
It's a native, idiomatic and living language.
Every living language constantly undergoes changes in its various elements.
"It is a living language full of cultural expression.
This is a living language that speaks to us all".
And while she agrees that English is a living language, "when we say ugly things, then that living language becomes an agent of death".
That was a timely reminder of Latin's unlikely survival and revival as a living language.
— Senator Al Franken "'Refudiate,'misunderestimatete,'wee-weeee'd up.' English is a living language.
But that would ignore a prime principle of the living language.
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