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Critically endangered Wintuan languages: Yaqui language (United States) [1] Definitely endangered Yavapai language [1] Severely endangered Yuchi language [1] Critically endangered Yurok language [1] Critically endangered Zuni language [1] Vulnerable
However, out of those 256 languages, 238 are in the realm of extinction. [2] That is, 92% of languages that are dying. The United States has the highest number of dying languages, 143 out of 219 languages, [3] then Canada with 75 dying out of its 94 languages, [4] and lastly, Greenland has the smallest number, nil of its two spoken languages. [5]
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.
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 ...
Once a trade pidgin and the most far-reaching sign language in North America, Plains Sign Talk or Plains Sign Language is now critically endangered with an unknown number of speakers. Navajo Sign Language has been found to be in use in one clan of Navajo; however, whether it is a dialect of Plains Sign Talk or a separate language remains ...
Pages in category "Endangered indigenous languages of the Americas" The following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90 total.
Pages in category "Lists of endangered languages" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... List of endangered languages in Central America;