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Definitely endangered Keresan languages: Sahaptin language [1] Severely endangered Sauk-Fox language [1] Critically endangered Seneca language (United States) [1] Severely endangered Seward Peninsula Inupiaq language (King Island) [1] Critically endangered Inupiat language: Seward Peninsula Inupiaq language (Little Diomede Island) [1 ...
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 ...
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 ]
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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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 ".
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... Endangered Algic languages (9 P) Endangered Arawakan languages ... Native American language revitalization (1 C, ...
The English term Lenape is of Unami origin, [30] and is used in English as a self-designation by speakers of Unami; [18] [31] [32] Exceptionally among scholars, Kraft uses Lenape as an English-language cover term to refer to all Delaware-speaking groups, while noting that this usage is "not entirely appropriate". [23] [30]