Lists of endangered languages
As an endangered language is a language is called, which is learned by fewer and fewer speakers than native language and no longer threatens to exist within a few generations.
According to the Atlas of endangered languages of UNESCO here languages are listed, the " near threatened " ( vulnerable ), " endanger " ( definitely endangered ), " seriously compromised " ( severely endangered ) or " moribund " ( critically endangered ) are. Languages from the Ethnologue listed as nearly extinct, are also listed as " moribund "; Languages , the Ethnologue lists of extinct, while the Atlas of endangered languages , they still lists are assigned by the individual source location.
Africa
- Anfillo (Ethiopia, Oromia Region )
- Animere (Ghana)
- Bedik (Senegal)
- Pray (Nigeria, Taraba region ), may already be extinct
- Bikya (Cameroon ), probably extinct
- Bom (Sierra Leone)
- So Bullom (Guinea, Sierra Leone)
- Bussa (Ethiopia, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region)
- Dahalo (Kenya )
- Defaka (Nigeria, Rivers State )
- Jalaa (Nigeria, Bauchi region )
- Karon (Senegal, Gambia)
- Laal (Chad)
- Lufu (Nigeria, Taraba region )
- Nkoroo (Nigeria, Rivers State )
- Ogiek (Kenya, Tanzania), with 500 speakers
- Ongamo (Tanzania )
- Ongota (Ethiopia, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region)
- Sherbro (Sierra Leone)
- Shua ( Botswana )
- Terik (Kenya )
- Xiri (South Africa), less than 100 speakers
Asia
- Abduyi in Kazerun in Southwestern Iran
- Adihe: 300 speakers ( Siberia)
- Ainu ( Hokkaido, Japan), about 1000 speaker, but only 13 native, threatened with extinction
- Aramaic (strain Area: Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Iran and Lebanon in the Diaspora: Europe, America and Australia) - The historic Aramaic was the language of Jesus of Nazareth and is mainly spoken in different dialects of Christians from the Middle East. The root area coincides with the ancient Mesopotamia.
- Äynu
- Bathari (Oman )
- Chabacano Caviteño ( Cavite City, Philippines ), less than 500 speakers
- Chintang (Nepal) 5000-6000 Speaker
- Chong (Cambodia and Thailand), about 5,500 speakers (according to Ethnologue )
- Davani, at Kazerun in Southwestern Iran
- Dolganisch
- Harsusi (Oman )
- Ili Turki
- Kadazan ( Sabah, Malaysia)
- Ketisch ( Krasnoyarsk region, Russia ), the last jennisseische language; threatened with extinction
- Kristang ( Cristão ) (Portuguese creole in Malacca, Malaysia)
- Laz ( Georgia and Turkey along the Black Sea coast)
- Macanese ( Patuá, Macaista ) ( Macau)
- Mehri (Yemen and Oman)
- Different languages of the indigenous peoples of the Russian North
- Nuristan languages
- Puma ( Nepal) 4300-10000 speaker
- Ratagnon ( Mindoro, Philippines )
- Sanskrit (North India and Nepal) - language of classical Indian literature such as the Vedas, and stem form of all modern Indo-Aryan languages
- Shehri (Oman )
- Soqotri ( Socotra, Yemen)
- Most of the languages of the indigenous people of Taiwan
- Tofalarisch
- Tschulymisch ( Siberia), about 100 speakers
- Chukchi ( northeastern Siberia), about 10,400 speakers (2001)
- Ulchisch (Russia ), 1000 Speaker or less
- West Yugurisch
- Many languages of Indonesia
Europe
Level 2: endangered
- Aragonese (Spain )
- Aromanian (Greece and other Balkan countries )
- Burgenland-Croatian ( Austria )
- Emilian - Romagnolisch (Italy )
- Franco-Provençal ( Arpitan ) (France / Savoy, Italy / Aosta Valley) Faetar, frankoprovenzalischer dialect in Puglia
- Gardiol, frankoprovenzalischer dialect of Guardia Piemontese in Calabria
- Ersjanisch
- Moksha
- Mocheno, Subdialekt of Cimbrian, 1000 Speaker
Step 3: serious risk
- Arvanitika (Greece ), severe decline, only very few elderly speakers
- Breton ( France), a strong decrease
- Bourguignon, a French dialect ( Langue d'oil ) in Burgundy
- Champenois dialect of French ( langue d'oil ) in the Champagne
- Franc- Comtois, dialect French ( langue d'oil ) in Franche -Comté
- Gallo, a French dialect ( Langue d'oil ) in Brittany
- Lorrain, a French dialect ( Langue d'oil ) in Lorraine, including What in Alsace
- Picard, a French dialect ( Langue d'oil ) in Picardy
- Poitevin Saintongeais, French dialect ( Langue d'oil ) in Poitou -Charentes
- Gagauz (Moldova, Ukraine)
- Griko ( Southern Italian Greek) from Salento, Puglia Griko of Reggio Calabria
- Inselnormannisch ( Jèrriais, and Dgèrnésiais Sercquiais ) ( Channel Islands ), strongly in decline, fewer than 5,000 speakers ( Sercquiais has less than 20 speakers who are fluent in it )
- Auvergnat in Auvergne
- Gascon in Gascony
- Languedoc Languedoc
- Limousin Limousin
- Provencal in Provence
- Vivaro - Alpine or Alpine Provençal in the French Alps
Level 4: moribund
- Cornish (Cornwall, UK), has long been extinct, attempts at resuscitation have a small group spawned native
- Manx (Isle of Man), last only spoken as a second language, attempts at resuscitation have produced a group native
- Nehrungskurisch ( Germany, until 1945, on the Curonian Spit in East Prussia ) is known, only 7 speakers -?
- Tsakonisch (Greece ), only about 300 speakers
- Votic ( Ingria, Russia) -?
North and South America
- Arikapú: 18 speakers ( Amazon region )
- Itza language: 100 speaker at the Flores Sea in Petén (Guatemala)
- Nawat ( Pipil ): 20-2000 spokesman in El Salvador
- Teop: 6000 speaker (Papua New Guinea)