From giles, on Sat, 07 Dec 2002 10:00:12 GMT (in response to: To All the Hmong Out there..)
I think you are looking for the word perish. Perish is a word which can be used in place of become extinct.
The word parish normally refers to a body of people who run a village or the ecclesiastical area of a church or chapel.
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