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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=linguistics">linguistics</a>, <b>attested languages</b> are languages (living or <a href="page.php?w=dead_language">dead</a>) that have been documented and for which the evidence ("attestation") has survived to the present day. Evidence may be <a href="page.php?w=Archaeological_record">recordings</a>, <a href="page.php?w=Transcription_%28linguistics%29">transcriptions</a>, <a href="page.php?w=literature">literature</a> or <a href="page.php?w=inscription">inscription</a>s. In contrast, <b>unattested languages</b> may be</p><p>
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