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  2. Endangered language - Wikipedia

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    Language death can be the result of language shift in which ethnic group members no longer learn their heritage language as their first language. An endangered language or moribund language is a language that is at risk of disappearing as its speakers die out or shift to speaking other languages. [1] Language loss occurs when the language has ...

  3. Cause of death - Wikipedia

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    In law, medicine, and statistics, cause of death is an official determination of the conditions resulting in a human 's death, which may be recorded on a death certificate. A cause of death is determined by a medical examiner. In rare cases, an autopsy needs to be performed by a pathologist. The cause of death is a specific disease or injury ...

  4. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Beyond the veil [4] The mysterious place after death. Neutral. Originally used to refer to the 'veil' that hides the innermost sanctuary of the Temple in Jerusalem. Sometimes refers to just a mysterious place. Big sleep [4] To die or be killed. Euphemistic. Could be in reference to Raymond Chandler's 'The Big Sleep'.

  5. Maraka (Hindu astrology) - Wikipedia

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    The marakas and the planets associated with the marakas, and all malefic planets can cause illness and death during the operation of their dashas but if longevity is over but the dasa of maraka is not operating then the lord of the 12th house acts as the maraka and its dasha or the dasha of a malefic can cause death. Saturn and Rahu are the ...

  6. Language death - Wikipedia

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    Language death is a process in which the level of a speech community 's linguistic competence in their language variety decreases, eventually resulting in no native or fluent speakers of the variety. Language death can affect any language form, including dialects. Language death should not be confused with language attrition (also called ...

  7. Duḥkha - Wikipedia

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    Various sutras sum up how life in this "mundane world" is regarded to be duḥkha, starting with saṃsāra, the ongoing process of death and rebirth itself: Birth is duḥkha, maturation is duhkha, aging is duḥkha, illness is duḥkha, death is duḥkha; Sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair are duḥkha;

  8. Death - Wikipedia

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    Death. The human skull is used universally as a symbol of death. Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. [1] The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. [2]

  9. Nargis - Wikipedia

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    In office. 3 April 1980 – 3 May 1981 (her death) Nargis Dutt [3] [5] (born Fatima Rashid, also known as Nirmala Dutt; 1 June 1929 – 3 May 1981) was an Indian actress and politician who worked in Hindi cinema. Regarded as one of the finest and greatest actresses in the history of Indian cinema, [6] Nargis often portrayed sophisticated and ...