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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Awakening
Title missing
Unknown number of Speakers
0
0
N/A
Severely Endangered
Title missing
Approx. 3.5 million Speakers
0
0
N/A
Vulnerable
Title missing
Approx. Minority population within Chin, all Sizang people said to be speakers. Speakers
0
0
N/A
Title missing
0
0
N/A
pentl'ach
0
1
N/A
Title missing
0
0
N/A
Endangered
Namuyi
Unknown number of Speakers
0
4
1
Vulnerable
Himba
Approx. 30,000–35,000 Speakers
0
9
1
Endangered
Kulaale
Approx. 1,100 Speakers
0
0
1
Critically Endangered
Potawatomi
Approx. ~50 Speakers
0
3
1
Severely Endangered
Hawaiian
Approx. 2,000 Speakers
1
44
2