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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 ]
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.
Extinct - "there are no speakers left; included in the Atlas if presumably extinct since the 1950s" The list below includes the findings from the third edition of Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010; formerly the Red Book of Endangered Languages), as well as the online edition of that publication, both published by UNESCO. [2]
Extinct - "there are no speakers left; included in the Atlas if presumably extinct since the 1950s" The list below includes the findings from the third edition of Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010; formerly the Red Book of Endangered Languages), as well as the online edition of the aforementioned publication, both published by ...
UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger categories: An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has ...
Extinct – "there are no speakers left; included in the Atlas if presumably extinct since the 1950s" The list below includes the findings from the third edition of Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010; formerly the Red Book of Endangered Languages), as well as the online edition of the aforementioned publication, both published by ...
Red Book Mapuche language: Red Book Mbya Guarani language: Red Book Mocovi language: 4,500: Red Book Nivacle language: Red Book Pilaga language: 4,000: Red Book Quichua Santiagueno language: 60,000: Red Book Tapiete language: Red Book Tehuelche Chonan languages extinct Toba Sur language: Red Book Wichi language: Red Book
Formosan languages. pyu Rao language: Definitely endangered [1] tct Red Gelao language: Critically endangered [1] gir Rukai language: Vulnerable [1] Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. dru Saaroa language: Critically endangered [1] Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. sxr Saisiyat language: Severely endangered [1] Also spoken in ...