living language
Refers to a language that is currently spoken and used in daily life, as opposed to a dead language. Often contrasted with 死語.
Antonyms: 死語
Latin is a dead language, but Japanese is a living language.
In classical grammar, verbs and adjectives were called inflecting words.
dead language; extinct language · obsolete word; dated word
Compound of 活 (living, active) and 語 (word, language). The grammatical sense is now obsolete, replaced by 活用語.