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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 endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native speakers, it becomes an extinct language.
The information about each endangered language in ELCat comes from published sources and direct communications from individuals with specialized knowledge of specific endangered languages. All information provided in the Catalogue is referenced to its original source (e.g. journal article, book, personal communication, etc.), and information ...
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.
Salish language Red Book of Endangered Languages: Straits Salish language: 20 in Canada (2002 Poser) 3,000 (1977 SIL). Sechelt language: Also: Shishalh language: 40 (1990 M.D Kinkade) 550 (1977 SIL). Sekani language: 30 to 40 (1997 Sharon Hargus) 600 (1982 SIL and 1997 S Hargus). Seneca language: 25 speakers in 1991. Red Book of Endangered ...
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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". If no one can speak the language at all, it becomes an "extinct language".
Language portal; Languages listed here must be classified as either vulnerable, definitely endangered, severely endangered or critically endangered in the Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, or be listed in another authoritative source as meeting the criteria set by the Atlas.