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Critically endangered Maidu language [1] Critically endangered Makah language [1] Critically endangered Malecite-Passamaquoddy language [1] Definitely endangered Primarily in Canada Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language [1] Severely endangered Mandan language [1] 0 Extinct Extinct, current attempt at revival. Maricopa language [1] Severely endangered
An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native speakers, it becomes an extinct language. UNESCO defines four levels of language endangerment between "safe" (not endangered) and "extinct": [1] Vulnerable; Definitely endangered; Severely ...
Additional long-term projects by WIELD have included support for archival work on the extinct Northeastern Pomo [7] language and the creation of a Purisimeño Chumash dictionary. [8] WIELD has created a careful standard for Americanist Phonetic Notation , which is a system in more common use for North American languages than is the ...
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 ]
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 ".
Native American language revitalization (1 C, 134 P) Pages in category "Endangered languages of the United States" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
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Endangered indigenous languages of the Americas (28 C, 90 P) Pages in category "Endangered languages of North America" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.