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There are 64 countries, including Madagascar and all the island groups. Algeria ... (2007). Endangered languages in West Africa. Language diversity endangered, 181, 140.
Lists of endangered languages are mainly based on the definitions used by UNESCO. In order to be listed, a language must be classified as " endangered " in a cited academic source. Researchers have concluded that in less than one hundred years, almost half of the languages known today will be lost forever. [ 1 ]
Clickable map showing the traditional language families, subfamilies and major languages spoken in Africa. Most languages natively spoken in Africa belong to one of the two large language families that dominate the continent: Afroasiatic, or Niger–Congo.
UNESCO flag. The UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger was an online publication containing a comprehensive list of the world's endangered languages.It originally replaced the Red Book of Endangered Languages as a title in print after a brief period of overlap before being transferred to an online-only publication.
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... Central African Republic: 72 11 83 1.17 3,638,143
Endangered Niger–Congo languages (1 C, 25 P) S. ... Pages in category "Endangered languages of Africa" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total.
An endangered language or moribund language is a language that is at risk of disappearing as its speakers die out or shift to speaking other languages. [1] Language loss occurs when the language has no more native speakers and becomes a " dead language ".
Pages in category "Lists of endangered languages" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... List of endangered languages in Africa;