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Nubaca language: Severely endangered [1] baf Somyev language: Critically endangered [1] Also spoken in: Nigeria: kgt Tuotomb language: Severely endangered [1] ttf Yasa language: Definitely endangered [1] Also spoken in: Equatorial Guinea: yko Zina (Jina) Language: Severely endangered [citation needed] ISO 639-3 Jia
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.
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Endangered languages of Africa" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 ...
Print/export Download as PDF; ... Pages in category "Lists of endangered languages" ... List of endangered languages in Africa;
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.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 03:17, 16 December 2010: 1,534 × 1,461 (750 KB): Brianski: Color Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea), as well as São Tome and Principe, acccording to ethnologue.
ELCat has found that 45% of all currently-spoken languages are endangered, based on the 3116 still-spoken endangered languages in ELCat compared to the 6861 still-living languages listed by Ethnologue. ELCat finds that 299 languages have fewer than 10 speakers and that 792 are "critically" or "severely" endangered.