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List of languages by total number of speakers; UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger categories: This is a list of lists of extinct languages. By group
For many languages which have become extinct in recent centuries, attestation of usage is datable in the historical record, and sometimes the terminal speaker is identifiable. In other cases, historians and historical linguists may infer an estimated date of extinction from other events in the history of the sprachraum .
SIL Ethnologue (2005) lists 473 out of 6,909 living languages inventorised (6.8%) as "nearly extinct", indicating cases where "only a few elderly speakers are still living"; this figure dropped to 6.1% as of 2013.
An extinct language or dead language is a language with no living native speakers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A dormant language is a dead language that still serves as a symbol of ethnic identity to an ethnic group ; these languages are often undergoing a process of revitalisation . [ 3 ]
List of languages by total number of speakers; UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger categories: This article is a list of languages and dialects that have ...
This is a list of extinct languages of North America, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers and no spoken descendant, most of them being languages of former Native American tribes. There are 212 Indigenous, 2 Creole, 3 European, 4 Sign and 13 Pidgin languages listed. In total 233 languages.
This is a collection of lists of extinct languages, languages that underwent language death and currently have no native speakers, and no spoken descendant. For historical forms of languages that evolved into more modern forms, see historical language .
This is a list of extinct languages of Africa, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers and no spoken descendant. There are 70 languages ...