Languages

Learn more about the world’s endangered languages, with reliable information from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Catalogue of Endangered Languages. 

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Vulnerable
Crimean Tatar
Approx. <100,000 Speakers
0
1
1
Vulnerable
Ngatikese
Approx. ~700 Speakers
0
0
1
At risk
West Frisian
Approx. ~300,000 Speakers
0
8
1
Dormant
Nukini
Approx. Obsolescent (no longer spoken as an everyday language, but a few speakers remember it). Speakers
0
0
1
Vulnerable
Welsh
Approx. 562,016 in Wales Speakers
7
13
1
Threatened
Bon Gula
Approx. ~1500 Speakers
0
0
1
Vulnerable
Herero
Approx. ~24,500 Speakers
0
0
1
Vulnerable
Zaar
Approx. ~150,000 Speakers
0
3
1
At risk
Wapan
Unknown number of Speakers
0
1
1
Vulnerable
Ngizim
Approx. 80,000 Speakers
0
0
1
At risk
Kuteb
Approx. >100,000 Speakers
0
0
1