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Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Tod" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%9E%E1%89%B5" title="ሞት – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ሞት" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA" title="موت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="موت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muerte" title="Muerte – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Muerte" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%A1%DC%98%DC%AC%DC%90" title="ܡܘܬܐ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܡܘܬܐ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B0" title="Մահ – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Մահ" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moarti" title="Moarti – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Moarti" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81" title="মৃত্যু – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="মৃত্যু" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muerte" title="Muerte – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Muerte" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mano" title="Mano – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Mano" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Хвел – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Хвел" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96l%C3%BCm" title="Ölüm – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Ölüm" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85" title="اؤلوم – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اؤلوم" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81" title="মৃত্যু – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মৃত্যু" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%AD-b%C3%B4ng" title="Sí-bông – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Sí-bông" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%AE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC" title="Үлем – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Үлем" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%86%D1%8C" title="Смерць – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Смерць" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%86%D1%8C" title="Сьмерць – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Сьмерць" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A4" title="मौत – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="मौत" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagadanan" title="Kagadanan – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Kagadanan" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%82" title="Смърт – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Смърт" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doud" title="Doud – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Doud" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A4%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%96%E0%BC%8D" title="ཤི་བ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཤི་བ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smrt" title="Smrt – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Smrt" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marv" title="Marv – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Marv" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%AE%D1%85%D1%8D%D0%BB" title="Үхэл – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Үхэл" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort" title="Mort – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mort" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%C4%95%D0%BC" title="Вилĕм – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Вилĕм" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamatayon" title="Kamatayon – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kamatayon" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smrt" title="Smrt – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Smrt" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufu" title="Rufu – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Rufu" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marwolaeth" title="Marwolaeth – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Marwolaeth" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B8d" title="Død – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Død" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA" title="موت – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="موت" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tod" title="Tod – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Tod" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%89%DE%A6%DE%83%DE%AA" title="މަރު – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="މަރު" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surm" title="Surm – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Surm" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%98%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Θάνατος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Θάνατος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death" title="Death – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Death" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BA%D1%81" title="Кулома озкс – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Кулома озкс" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muerte" title="Muerte – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Muerte" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morto" title="Morto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Morto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muerti" title="Muerti – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Muerti" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heriotza" title="Heriotza – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Heriotza" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF" title="مرگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مرگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maut" title="Maut – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Maut" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort" title="Mort – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mort" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dea" title="Dea – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Dea" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1s" title="Bás – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Bás" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morte" title="Morte – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Morte" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Валар – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Валар" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%81%8E%E4%B8%96" title="過世 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="過世" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-guw mw-list-item"><a href="https://guw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ok%C3%BA" title="Okú – Gun" lang="guw" hreflang="guw" data-title="Okú" data-language-autonym="Gungbe" data-language-local-name="Gun" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gungbe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%AD" title="Sí – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Sí" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A3%BD%EC%9D%8C" title="죽음 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="죽음" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutuwa" title="Mutuwa – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Mutuwa" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B0" title="Մահ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մահ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81" title="मृत्यु – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मृत्यु" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smrt" title="Smrt – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Smrt" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morto" title="Morto – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Morto" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patay" title="Patay – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Patay" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kematian" title="Kematian – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kematian" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morte" title="Morte – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Morte" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-iu mw-list-item"><a href="https://iu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%90%8B%E1%94%AA%E1%90%83%E1%93%95%E1%96%85%E1%91%90%E1%96%85" title="ᐋᔪᐃᓕᖅᑐᖅ – Inuktitut" lang="iu" hreflang="iu" data-title="ᐋᔪᐃᓕᖅᑐᖅ" data-language-autonym="ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut" data-language-local-name="Inuktitut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukufa" title="Ukufa – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Ukufa" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dau%C3%B0i" title="Dauði – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Dauði" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morte" title="Morte – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Morte" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%95%D7%AA" title="מוות – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מוות" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pati" title="Pati – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Pati" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C9%A9m" title="Sɩm – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Sɩm" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A3" title="ಮರಣ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಮರಣ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamat%C3%A1yan" title="Kamatáyan – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Kamatáyan" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%95%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="სიკვდილი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სიკვდილი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%A8%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BC" title="Өлім – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Өлім" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mernans" title="Mernans – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Mernans" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauti" title="Mauti – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mauti" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanm%C3%B2" title="Lanmò – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Lanmò" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanm%C3%B2" title="Lanmò – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Lanmò" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirin" title="Mirin – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Mirin" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%A8%D0%BB%D2%AF%D0%BC" title="Өлүм – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Өлүм" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Колен – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Колен" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mors" title="Mors – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Mors" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%81ve" title="Nāve – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Nāve" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirtis" title="Mirtis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mirtis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nia mw-list-item"><a href="https://nia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%27amate" title="Fa'amate – Nias" lang="nia" hreflang="nia" data-title="Fa'amate" data-language-autonym="Li Niha" data-language-local-name="Nias" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Li Niha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morte" title="Morte – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Morte" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doead" title="Doead – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Doead" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liw%C3%A2" title="Liwâ – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Liwâ" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort" title="Mort – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Mort" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal%C3%A1l" title="Halál – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Halál" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D1%80%D1%82" title="Смрт – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Смрт" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahafatesana" title="Fahafatesana – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Fahafatesana" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%82" title="മരണം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മരണം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mewt" title="Mewt – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Mewt" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82" title="मृत्यू – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मृत्यू" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A6%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90" title="ღურა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ღურა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA" title="موت – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="موت" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajal" title="Ajal – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Ajal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C4%AB" title="Sī – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Sī" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%AE%D1%85%D1%8D%D0%BB" title="Үхэл – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Үхэл" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9E%E1%80%B1%E1%80%86%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B6%E1%80%B8%E1%80%81%E1%80%BC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="သေဆုံးခြင်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="သေဆုံးခြင်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miquiztli" title="Miquiztli – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="Miquiztli" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcm mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death" title="Death – Nigerian Pidgin" lang="pcm" hreflang="pcm" data-title="Death" data-language-autonym="Naijá" data-language-local-name="Nigerian Pidgin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Naijá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dood" title="Dood – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Dood" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81" title="मृत्यु – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="मृत्यु" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%BB" title="死 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="死" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%80%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Ӏожалла – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Ӏожалла" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B8d" title="Død – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Død" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B8d" title="Død – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Død" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B2rt" title="Mòrt – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Mòrt" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%CA%BBlim" title="Oʻlim – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Oʻlim" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%8C%E0%A8%A4" title="ਮੌਤ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮੌਤ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%86" title="مرن – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="مرن" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morto" title="Morto – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Morto" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DA%93%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87" title="مړینه – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="مړینه" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%8E%E1%9E%97%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%96" title="មរណភាព – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="មរណភាព" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dood" title="Dood – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Dood" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Amier%C4%87" title="Śmierć – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Śmierć" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morte" title="Morte – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Morte" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moarte" title="Moarte – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Moarte" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wa%C3%B1uy" title="Wañuy – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Wañuy" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8C" title="Смерть – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Смерть" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8C" title="Смерть – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Смерть" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%A8%D0%BB%D2%AF%D2%AF" title="Өлүү – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Өлүү" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%A8" title="ᱜᱩᱨ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱜᱩᱨ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daith" title="Daith – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Daith" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vdekja" title="Vdekja – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Vdekja" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morti" title="Morti – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Morti" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%AB%E0%B6%BA" title="මරණය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="මරණය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA" title="موت – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="موت" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smr%C5%A5" title="Smrť – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Smrť" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smrt" title="Smrt – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Smrt" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8A%D0%BC%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%8C" title="Съмрьть – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Съмрьть" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Amjyr%C4%87" title="Śmjyrć – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Śmjyrć" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geeri" title="Geeri – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Geeri" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%95%D8%B1%DA%AF" title="مەرگ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="مەرگ" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D1%80%D1%82" title="Смрт – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Смрт" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smrt" title="Smrt – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Smrt" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%C3%A9h" title="Paéh – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Paéh" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuolema" title="Kuolema – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kuolema" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B6den" title="Döden – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Döden" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamatayan" title="Kamatayan – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Kamatayan" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81" title="இறப்பு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="இறப்பு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lmut" title="Lmut – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Lmut" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%AE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC" title="Үлем – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Үлем" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A3%E0%B0%82" title="మరణం – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="మరణం" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2" title="ความตาย – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ความตาย" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tcy mw-list-item"><a href="https://tcy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%81" title="ಸಾವು – Tulu" lang="tcy" hreflang="tcy" data-title="ಸಾವು" data-language-autonym="ತುಳು" data-language-local-name="Tulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ತುಳು</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96l%C3%BCm" title="Ölüm – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Ölüm" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96l%C3%BCm" title="Ölüm – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Ölüm" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tw mw-list-item"><a href="https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owuo" title="Owuo – Twi" lang="tw" hreflang="tw" data-title="Owuo" data-language-autonym="Twi" data-language-local-name="Twi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Twi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kcg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%CC%B1khwu" title="A̱khwu – Tyap" lang="kcg" hreflang="kcg" data-title="A̱khwu" data-language-autonym="Tyap" data-language-local-name="Tyap" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tyap</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8C" title="Смерть – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Смерть" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA" title="موت – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="موت" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai" title="Dai – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="Dai" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surm" title="Surm – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Surm" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%E1%BA%BFt" title="Chết – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Chết" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuul_(surm)" title="Kuul (surm) – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="Kuul (surm)" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moirt" title="Moirt – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Moirt" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%BB" title="死 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="死" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamatayon" title="Kamatayon – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Kamatayon" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%BB" title="死 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="死" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%95%D7%99%D7%98" title="טויט – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="טויט" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik%C3%BA" title="Ikú – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Ikú" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%BB" title="死 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="死" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" 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All biological and living activity of the living thing stops, including the mind and the senses. The usual signal for death in humans and many other animals is that the <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a> stops beating and cannot be restarted. This can be caused by many things. All living things have a limited lifespan, and all living things eventually die. </p><p>Living things that have died are normally described as being dead. Death of humans is often investigated for the cause, in case of crime (such as <a href="/wiki/Murder" title="Murder">murder</a>), <a href="/wiki/Accident" title="Accident">accident</a> or <a href="/wiki/Disease" title="Disease">disease</a> that may continue to kill other humans. About 150,000 people die every day around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-degrey_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-degrey-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About two thirds of these people die because of <a href="/wiki/Ageing" title="Ageing">age</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-degrey_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-degrey-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the physical body, some believe humans also have a <a href="/wiki/Soul" title="Soul">soul</a> and believe that the soul can continue without a body (<a href="/wiki/Afterlife" title="Afterlife">afterlife</a>), move into another body (<a href="/wiki/Reincarnation" title="Reincarnation">reincarnation</a>), or cease to exist (<a href="/wiki/Annihilationism" title="Annihilationism">annihilationism</a>). <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">Religions</a> have different beliefs about this issue. Many cultures have their own <a href="/wiki/Custom" title="Custom">customs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ritual" title="Ritual">rituals</a> to respect the dead. </p><p>When people talk about things or events that lead to the death of a plant or animal, those things or events are usually described as being deadly, or fatal. In the case of diseases, they are described as <i>terminal</i>. Humans are no different from any other lifeform. Our bodies have an ability for self-repair, but that ability is limited. Finding the cause of death is a medical speciality called <a href="/wiki/Pathology" title="Pathology">pathology</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Medicine" title="Medicine">medicine</a>, death is when the heart stops beating for more than several minutes. There are special times in which people recover even though the heart has stopped for 30 minutes, such as near-drowning in very cold water. If machines are used to help the heart and lungs work, then the moment of death is more difficult to know. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Society_and_culture">Society and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Society and culture" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Society and culture"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Placid_death.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Placid_death.JPG/220px-Placid_death.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Placid_death.JPG/330px-Placid_death.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Placid_death.JPG/440px-Placid_death.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2667" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Dead bodies can be <a href="/wiki/Mummification" title="Mummification">mummified</a> either naturally or by intention.</figcaption></figure> <p>Death is commonly a sad or unpleasant thing to people. It can make people think about their own death. People might miss or be sad for the person who has died. They might also be sad for the family and friends of the person who has died. </p><p>In any society, human death is surrounded by <a href="/wiki/Ritual" title="Ritual">ritual</a> - a <a href="/wiki/Funeral" title="Funeral">wake</a> or <a href="/wiki/Funeral" title="Funeral">funeral</a> is normal. In some places it was common to eat the dead in a form of <a href="/wiki/Ritual" title="Ritual">ritual</a> <a href="/wiki/Cannibalism" title="Cannibalism">cannibalism</a>. But this is no longer common, in part because <a href="/wiki/Disease" title="Disease">disease</a> like <a href="/wiki/Kuru_(disease)" title="Kuru (disease)">kuru</a> can be passed this way. Human dead bodies are <a href="/wiki/Taboo" title="Taboo">taboo</a> in most societies and must be handled in special ways - for a combination of religious and <a href="/wiki/Hygiene" title="Hygiene">hygiene</a> reasons. A human dead body must always be reported in <a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">law</a>, to be sure it is disposed of properly. In 2021 the leading cause of death in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> was <a href="/wiki/Heart_disease" title="Heart disease">heart disease</a> followed by <a href="/wiki/Cancer" title="Cancer">cancer</a> and then <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dealing_with_dead_bodies_and_their_property">Dealing with dead bodies and their property</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Dealing with dead bodies and their property" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Dealing with dead bodies and their property"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Finding the cause of any human death and stopping a similar death from happening to someone else are the main reasons people look into <i><a href="/wiki/Human_morbidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Human morbidity">human morbidity</a></i> or let dead bodies be cut open and looked at in an <a href="/wiki/Autopsy" title="Autopsy">autopsy</a>. Some religions do not allow autopsies, because they feel the body is holy. Autopsies are usually required by the <a href="/wiki/State" title="State">state</a> if someone dies and people do not know why. The autopsy helps find out if someone killed the person on purpose, tried to hurt them, or if they died from a sickness. </p><p>To prepare for their own death, humans can write a <a href="/wiki/Last_will_and_testament" class="mw-redirect" title="Last will and testament">last will and testament</a> to be clear about who gets their <a href="/wiki/Property" title="Property">property</a> and possessions. A person will sometimes also volunteer to be an <a href="/wiki/Organ_donor" class="mw-redirect" title="Organ donor">organ donor</a>. This might mean giving the whole body to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_research&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Medical research (not yet started)">medical research</a>. It can also save the lives of others by making <a href="/wiki/Organ_transplant" class="mw-redirect" title="Organ transplant">organ transplants</a> possible. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religious_views_of_death">Religious views of death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Religious views of death" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Religious views of death"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For a long time, many people have been afraid of death and a lot of people have wondered about what may happen to people after they die. This is one of the largest questions of <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a>. Many people believe there is some form of <a href="/wiki/Afterlife" title="Afterlife">afterlife</a>. </p><p>Ancient rulers sometimes did insist not only that their own bodies, and much property, but even their servants and relatives be destroyed at their funeral. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> has a special focus on death because of the state killing of <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Romans" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Romans">Romans</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> this is thought to demonstrate the injustice of human systems of dealing out death, and the ability of the best people to overcome it and even forgive it. In <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> itself it is thought to prove that Jesus himself was really <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a> and so could lose his body and still have the power of <a href="/wiki/Resurrection" title="Resurrection">resurrection</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> <a href="/wiki/Reincarnation" title="Reincarnation">reincarnation</a> is believed to occur. Reincarnation is an idea taken from <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Confucianism" title="Confucianism">Confucianism</a> advises respect for parents and forms of <a href="/wiki/Ancestor" title="Ancestor">ancestor</a> <a href="/wiki/Worship" title="Worship">worship</a> to respect both dead and living ancestors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rituals_surrounding_death">Rituals surrounding death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Rituals surrounding death" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Rituals surrounding death"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Every <a href="/wiki/Ethical_tradition" title="Ethical tradition">ethical tradition</a> including the medical view of the body has some ritual surrounding death. Often these excuse behaviours that might be hated if they did not have the ritual. For instance, one may say that <a href="/wiki/Organ_transplant" class="mw-redirect" title="Organ transplant">organ transplant</a> is like <a href="/wiki/Cannibalism" title="Cannibalism">cannibalism</a>. </p><p>Very much of what happens at a human death is ritual. People who wish theirs to be dealt with a certain way, and who wish a particular treatment like <a href="/wiki/Cremation" title="Cremation">cremation</a> of their body, should decide in advance and set up the necessary payments and agreements. This makes it much easier for their family after they die, since there is no longer the ability to clearly communicate the wish. </p><p>For the same reason, saying goodbye is important. Most of the <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/stress" class="extiw" title="wikt:stress">stress</a> of death seems to come for loved ones who "did not have a chance to say goodbye". </p><p>Maybe it is to relieve this stress that rituals are created, and to bring together those that knew someone so that the personal experience a person can no longer communicate for themselves, can be exchanged by others. </p><p>Some ritual, such as seances, claim to allow people to speak to the dead. This is not claimed to be very reliable, both by <a href="/wiki/Scientists" class="mw-redirect" title="Scientists">scientists</a> and even by those who do them very often. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preparing_for_death">Preparing for death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Preparing for death" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Preparing for death"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aside from wills, goodbyes, organ donations and funerals, there is important personal experience to decide to pass on, or not, when someone knows they may soon die. Palliative care focuses on basic decisions people make when they are very close to the end of their lives, and it ensures someone is always available to talk to them. It is a replacement for heroic medical intervention that may keep them physically alive but with no <a href="/wiki/Quality_of_life" title="Quality of life">quality of life</a>. Human <a href="/wiki/Psychology" title="Psychology">psychology</a> must prepare for death if it is anything other than a quick surprise: </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Kubler-Ross&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elizabeth Kubler-Ross (not yet started)">Elizabeth Kubler-Ross</a> wrote that there were several stages in <a href="/wiki/Dying" class="mw-redirect" title="Dying">dying</a>, of which denial was the first, and acceptance was the last. Recording one's life is often something people with acceptance will do to leave a <a href="/wiki/Memoir" title="Memoir">memoir</a> or a full <a href="/wiki/Autobiography" title="Autobiography">autobiography</a>: </p><p>Because events leave <a href="/w/index.php?title=Living_memory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Living memory (not yet started)">living memory</a>, and may only be part of <a href="/wiki/Oral_tradition" title="Oral tradition">oral tradition</a>, there are projects to record everything that people remember about <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Shoah" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoah">Shoah</a>. The first of these was to record everything remembered about the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Civil War">U.S. Civil War</a>. This discipline has changed <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">history</a> since we have so many more <a href="/w/index.php?title=First_person_account&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="First person account (not yet started)">first person accounts</a> of the times, and made <a href="/w/index.php?title=Social_history&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Social history (not yet started)">social history</a> much more standard. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_terms_for_death">Other terms for death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Other terms for death" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Other terms for death"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are other <a href="/wiki/Term" class="mw-disambig" title="Term">terms</a> for death. Examples are, "to pass away", "to go to a better place", "to buy the farm" (generally used in the <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a>), "to leave the earth", "big sleep", and "to kick the bucket". the term <i>gone</i> may also be a term for describing death. <i>for example</i>: if a person has died, they are also said to be <i>gone</i>, as in <i>gone to a better place</i> or <i>no longer here</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unnatural_causes_of_death">Unnatural causes of death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: Unnatural causes of death" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Unnatural causes of death"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Old age and illness are not the only things that can end a person's life. People make other people die. This is called <a href="/wiki/Kill" class="mw-redirect" title="Kill">killing</a> or <a href="/wiki/Murder" title="Murder">murder</a>. Three famous murders are <a href="/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth" title="John Wilkes Booth">John Wilkes Booth</a> killing <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Ray" title="James Earl Ray">James Earl Ray</a> killing <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lee_Harvey_Oswald" title="Lee Harvey Oswald">Lee Harvey Oswald</a> killing the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>. People can also die by <a href="/wiki/Accident" title="Accident">accidents</a> resulting in terminal <a href="/wiki/Injury" title="Injury">trauma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hypothermia" title="Hypothermia">hypothermia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Starvation" title="Starvation">starvation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">suicide</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dehydration" title="Dehydration">dehydration</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Death&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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