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Endangered languages
List of endangered languages in the world.
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Mapuche
Language; Endangered languages
The Mapuche language, Mapudungun, is a language isolate spoken in south-central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people. It is also spelled Mapuzugun and sometimes called Mapudungu or ...
Mocoví
Language; Endangered languages
The Mocoví language is a Guaicuruan language of Argentina spoken by about 4,500 people mostly in Santa Fé province.
Nivaclé
Language; Endangered languages
Nivaclé is a Matacoan language spoken in Paraguay by c.8,400 and in Argentina by 200. It is also known as Chulupí and Ashluslay, and in older sources has been called Ashuslé, Suhin, Sujín, Chunupí, ...
Ona
Language; Endangered languages
Ona (Aona), also known as Selk'nam (Shelknam), is a language that was once spoken by the Selknam people in Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego in southernmost South America. As of 1991 there were 1-3 ...
Adnyamathanha
Language; Endangered languages
Adnyamathanha is one of the names of a moribund Australian Aboriginal language. It is the traditional language of the Adnyamathanha people. The name of the witchetty grub comes from Adnyamathanha. R. ...
Aghu Tharrnggala
Language; Endangered languages
Aghu Tharrnggala (or Aghu Tharnggalu) is an extinct Paman language variety formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. The name may also be used to refer to a language ...
Alyawarre
Language; Endangered languages
Alyawarre are an Indigenous Australian people, or language group, from the Northern Territory. In 1980 they lodged a land claim with the Wakaya people, which was handed back to them on 22 October ...
