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This is a list of extinct languages of North America, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers and no spoken descendant, most of them being languages of former Native American tribes. There are 204 Indigenous, 2 Creole, 3 European, 4 Sign and 5 Pidgin languages listed. In total 218 languages.
A word list was collected by Johann Natterer in 1833. after 1832 Charrúa: Charruan languages: Entre Ríos Province and Uruguay: after 1832 Guenoa language: Charruan languages: Entre Ríos Province and Uruguay: after 1832: Aroaqui: Arawakan: Lower Rio Negro Brazil: A word list was collected by Johann Natterer in 1832. after 1832: Parawana ...
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Pages in category "Extinct languages of North America" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 207 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Eteocypriot writing, Amathous, Cyprus, 500–300 BC, Ashmolean Museum. An extinct language or dead language is a language with no living native speakers. [1] [2] A dormant language is a dead language that still serves as a symbol of ethnic identity to an ethnic group; these languages are often undergoing a process of revitalisation. [3]
For historical forms of languages that evolved into more modern forms, see historical language. language portal Though the languages on these lists have no direct spoken descendant, some such as the Anglo-Norman language heavily influenced the development of a spoken language; in the case of Anglo-Norman, Middle English and Modern English ...
Over a thousand known languages were spoken by various peoples in North and South America prior to their first contact with Europeans. These encounters occurred between the beginning of the 11th century (with the Nordic settlement of Greenland and failed efforts in Newfoundland and Labrador) and the end of the 15th century (the voyages of Christopher Columbus).
A number of languages of North America are too poorly attested to classify. These include Adai, Beothuk, Calusa, Cayuse, Karankawa, and Solano. There are other languages which are scarcely attested at all.