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A '''modern language''' is any [[human language]] that is currently in use. The term is used in a [[language education]] context (in [[high school]]s, [[secondary school]]s, [[college]]s and [[university|universities]]) to distinguish between languages which are used for day-to-day communication (such as [[French language|French]] and [[German language|German]], which are spoken by millions of people and are studied for practical communication purposes), and [[classical language]]s (also called "dead languages") such as [[Latin]], [[Attic Greek]], [[Sanskrit]], and [[Classical Chinese]], which are studied for their cultural or linguistic value.