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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;
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 ...
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] The lists are organized by region.
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 ]
Lists of extinct languages (11 P) E. Extinct sign languages (11 P) L. Last known speakers of a language (2 C, 22 P) M. Medieval languages (46 C, 94 P) T. Extinct ...
Extinct languages of Asia (18 C, 154 P) E. Extinct languages of Europe (20 C, 98 P) N. Extinct languages of North America (17 C, 207 P) O. Extinct languages of ...
This is a list of extinct languages of North America, ... Language name Language family Extinction date Locations References Caquetio: Arawakan: 1862
Yola, a sister language to English and Scots which was spoken in County Wexford, Ireland. Yola became extinct in 1998, but it has undergone an attempted revitalization and revival movement. The “Gabble Ing Yola” resource center for Yola materials claims there are approximately 140 speakers of the Yola language today. [24]