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Endangered and extinct languages in the Philippines are based on the 3rd world volume released by UNESCO in 2010. Degree of endangerment (UNESCO standard) Safe: language is spoken by all generations; intergenerational transmission is uninterrupted. Vulnerable: most children speak the language, but it may be restricted to certain domains (e.g ...
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.
Batek language: Critically endangered [1] btq Cheq Wong language: Definitely endangered [1] cwg Duano' language: Critically endangered [1] dup Jah Hut language: Severely endangered [1] jah Jahai language: Critically endangered [1] jhi Kanowit language: Severely endangered [1] kxn Kensiw language: Critically endangered [1] kns Kintaq language ...
Pages in category "Critically endangered languages" The following 112 pages are in this category, out of 112 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
UNESCO language endangerment classification. The UNESCO list has 6 categories of endangerment: [4] Extinct: There are no speakers left. The Atlas presumes extinction if there have been no known speakers since the 1950s. Critically endangered: The youngest speakers are grandparents and older, and they speak the language partially and infrequently.
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 ".
A 2015 study by the Commission updated the list of endangered languages in the Philippines. The Commission noted that there are 37 languages in the country that are now endangered, mostly Aeta languages in Luzon and Visayas, notably Negros Occidental. The Kinarol-an language Barangay Carol-an, Kabankalan, Negros Occidental was considered as ...
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.