List of endangered languages
Endangered
- Pennsylvania Dutch
- Irish Gaelic
- Scots Gaelic
- Welsh - Spoken only by some people in Wales (Around 30% of the population, and rising according to the last census)
- Breton
- Chaucer (Middle English) - Mostly learnt for higher levels of English (A level, PhDs etc.)
- Ancient Japanese - Many symbols and pronunciations have been forgotten over centuries
- Norman
Slightly Endangered
- Latin (Only taught in some schools, and usually only used by doctors, canon lawyers, and scientists)
- Ancient Greek - even though its similiarity to Modern Greek keeps it living in Greece, it is still rarely spoken
External links
- List_of_endangered_languages on WP
- List of more than 500 nearly extinct languages in SIL's Ethnologue Report (print version 2005: ISBN 1-55671-159-X).
- UNESCO Red Book of Endangered Languages
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