Endangered languages

Endangered languages

List of endangered languages in the world.

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Akawaio

Language; Endangered languages

Akawaio is a Cariban language spoken mainly in Guyana, most commonly in the region of the Upper Mazaruni. Though many speakers don't live in villages, there are a number of population centers, ...

Berbice Dutch Creole is a now extinct Dutch-based creole language. It had a lexicon partly based on a dialect of the West African language of Ijaw. In contrast to the widely known Negerhollands Dutch ...

Warao

Language; Endangered languages

Warao (also known as Guarauno, Guarao, Warrau) is a language isolate of the indigenous Warao people. It is the native language spoken by approximately 18,000 people inhabiting the Orinoco River delta ...

Maká

Language; Endangered languages

Maká is a Matacoan language spoken in Paraguay by the Maká people. Its 1500 speakers live primarily in Presidente Hayes Department near the Río Negro, as well as in and around Asunción.

Aguaruna

Language; Endangered languages

Aguaruna is an indigenous American language of the Jivaroan family spoken by about 45,000 Aguaruna people in Peru. The speakers live along the western portion of the Marañón River and also along the ...

Amahuaca

Language; Endangered languages

Amahuaca is an indigenous American Panoan-family language spoken by several dozen people in the Amazon Basin in Perú but up to 130 and also in Brazil by 220 people. It is also known as Amawaka, ...

Arabela

Language; Endangered languages

Arabela is an indigenous American language of the Zaparoan family spoken in two Peruvian villages in tropical forest along the Napo tributary of the Arabela river. Also known as Chiripuno and ...