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A language like Latin is not extinct in this sense, because it evolved into the modern Romance languages; it is impossible to state when Latin became extinct because there is a diachronic continuum (compare synchronic continuum) between ancestors Late Latin and Vulgar Latin on the one hand and descendants like Old French and Old Italian on the ...
This is a list of lists of extinct languages. By group. By continent. List of extinct languages of Africa; List of extinct languages of Asia;
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 ]
This is a collection of lists of extinct languages, languages that underwent language death and currently have no native speakers, and no spoken descendant.For historical forms of languages that evolved into more modern forms, see historical language.
Extinct languages by time (5 C) Pages in category "Extinct languages" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Language/dialect Family Date of extinction Region Ethnic group(s) Aeolic Greek: Indo-European: 300 BC [citation needed] Aeolis, Boeotia, Lesbos, Thessaly: Aeolians: Aequian: Indo-European: 200s BC [1] East-central Italy: Aequi: Akkala Sámi: Uralic: 29 December 2003 [2] Southwest Kola Peninsula: Akkala Sámi: Alavese: Basque (language isolate ...
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.
This is a list of extinct languages of Asia, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers, and no spoken descendant. There are 214 languages listed. 18 from Central Asia, 43 from East Asia, 20 from South Asia, 42 from Southeast Asia, 26 from Siberia and 70 from West Asia.