List of languages by time of extinction

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An extinct language may be narrowly defined as a language with no native speakers and no descendant languages. Under this definition, a language becomes extinct upon the death of its last native speaker, the terminal speaker. 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 other; any cutoff date for distinguishing ancestor from descendant is arbitrary. For many languages which have become extinct in recent centuries, attestation of usage is datable in the historical record, and sometimes the terminal speaker is identifiable. In other cases, historians and historical linguists may infer an estimated date of extinction from other events in the history of the sprachraum.

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DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionTerminal speakerNotes
by 8 March 2024 Tandia Austronesian West Papua, Indonesia Speakers shifted to Wandamen.[1][2]
by 8 March 2024 Mawes Northwest Papuan? West Papua, Indonesia [2]
by 8 March 2024 Luhu Austronesian Maluku, Indonesia [2]
2 May 2023 Columbia-Moses Salishan Washington (state), United States Pauline Stensgar[3]
5 October 2022 Mednyj Aleut Mixed AleutRussian Commander Islands, Russia Gennady Yakovlev[4]
16 February 2022 Yahgan Isolate Magallanes, Chile Cristina Calderón[5]
by 2022? Moghol Mongolic Herat Province, Afghanistan [6]
by 2022 Lachoudisch Indo-European Schopfloch, Bavaria [7]
25 September 2021 Wukchumni dialect of Tule-Kaweah Yokuts Yokuts California, United States Marie Wilcox[8]
27 August 2021 Yuchi Isolate Tennessee (formerly), Oklahoma, United States Maxine Wildcat Barnett[9]
7 March 2021 Bering AleutEskimo-AleutKamchatka Krai, RussiaVera Timoshenko[10]
17 February 2021JumaTupianRondônia, BrazilAruka Juma[11]
2 December 2020 Tuscarora Iroquoian North Carolina, United States Kenneth Patterson[12] Under a process of revival.[citation needed]
4 April 2020Aka-Cari dialect of Northern AndamaneseGreat AndamaneseAndaman Islands, IndiaLicho[13]
23 March 2019NgandiGunwinyguanNorthern Territory, AustraliaC. W. Daniels[14][15]
4 January 2019TehuelcheChonanPatagonia, ArgentinaDora Manchado[16][17]
9 December 2016MandanSiouanNorth Dakota, United StatesEdwin Benson[18]
30 August 2016WichitaCaddoanOklahoma, United StatesDoris McLemore[19]
29 July 2016Gugu ThaypanPama-NyunganQueensland, AustraliaTommy George[20]
11 February 2016Nuchatlaht dialect of Nuu-chah-nulthWakashanBritish Columbia, CanadaAlban Michael[21]
4 January 2016WhulshootseedSalishanWashington, United StatesEllen Williams[22][23]
4 February 2014KlallamSalishanWashington, United StatesHazel Sampson[24][25][notes 1]being taught as a second language on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State
by 2014DemushboPanoanAmazon Basin, Brazil
by 2014SarghulamiIndo-EuropeanBadakhshanMay be spurious[26]
5 June 2013LivonianUralicLatviaGrizelda Kristiņa[27][notes 2]Under a process of revival.[28]
26 March 2013YurokAlgicCalifornia, United StatesArchie Thompson[29]Under a process of revival.[30]
by 2013 Sabüm Mon–Khmer Perak, Malaysia 2013 extinction is based on ISO changing it from living to extinct in 2013
2 October 2012Cromarty dialect of ScotsIndo-EuropeanNorthern Scotland, United KingdomBobby Hogg[31]
11 July 2012Upper ChinookChinookanOregon, United StatesGladys Thompson[32]
10 March 2012HolikachukNa-DeneAlaska, United StatesWilson "Tiny" Deacon[33]
c.2012DhungalooPama-NyunganQueensland, AustraliaRoy Hatfield[34]
c.2012NgasaNiloticTanzaniaMost speakers have shifted to Chaga
by 2012MardijkerPortuguese-based CreoleJakarta, IndonesiaOma Mimi Abrahams[35]
10 April 2011ApiakáTupianMato Grosso, BrazilPedrinho Kamassuri[36]
2011Lower ArrerntePama-NyunganNorthern Territory, AustraliaBrownie Doolan Perrurle[37]
by 2011AnsermaChocoanAntioquia Department, Colombia
24 October 2010Pazeh dialect of PazehAustronesianTaiwanPan Jin-yu[38]
20 August 2010Cochin Indo-Portuguese CreolePortuguese-based CreoleSouthern IndiaWilliam Rozario[38]
26 January 2010Aka-BoAndamaneseAndaman Islands, IndiaBoa Sr.[39]
November 2009Aka-KoraAndamaneseAndaman Islands, IndiaMs. Boro[40]
22 February 2009Great Andamanese koinéAndamaneseAndaman Islands, IndiaNao Jr.[41]
2009NyawaygiPama-NyunganQueensland, AustraliaWillie Seaton[42]
by 2009MuruwariPama-NyunganQueensland and New South Wales, Australia[43]
by 2009AgavotaguerraArawakanBrazil[44]
by 2009ArikemTupianBrazil[45]
by 2009KaripúnaTupianBrazil[46]
by 2009Pataxó Hã-Ha-HãeMacro-JêBrazil[47] Being revived
by 2009AribwatsaAustronesianPapua New Guinea[48]
by 2009LelakAustronesianSarawak, Malaysia[49]
by 2009Papora-HoanyaAustronesianTaiwan[50]
by 2009WarluwaraPama-NyunganAustralia
30 July 2008 Tübatulabal Uto-Aztecan California, United States James Andreas [51]
April 2008-2012DuraSino-TibetanNepalSoma Devi Dura[52]
24 February 2008Plains ApacheNa-DeneOklahoma, United StatesAlfred Chalepah Jr.
21 January 2008EyakNa-DeneAlaska, United StatesMarie Smith Jones[53]
Late 2000s Ruga Sino-Tibetan East Garo Hills district Most people who identify themselves as Ruga speak Garo.
after 2007RusenuTrans–New Guinea?eastern East Timor[54]
2007Northeastern MaiduMaiduanCentral California Under process of revival, 319 speakers in 2017
10 August 2007Gros VentreAlgicMontana, United StatesTheresa Lamebull[55][56]
c.2007JavindoDutch-based creoleJava, Indonesia[57]
by 2007HpunSino-TibetanMyanmar[58]
by 2007HotiAustronesianSeram, Indonesia
11 July 2006Wasco dialect of Upper ChinookChinookanOregon, United StatesMadeline Brunoe McInturff[59]
2006ZireAustronesianNew Caledonia
2006Ludza dialect of EstonianUralicLatviaNikolājs Nikonovs[60]
by 2006ZumayaAfroasiaticCameroon[61] Most speakers have shifted to Fula.
3 November 2005OsageSiouanOklahoma, United StatesLucille Roubedeaux[62]
2005Berbice Creole DutchDutch-based creoleGuyanaBertha Bell[63]
by 2005Barrow PointPama-NyunganQueensland, AustraliaUrwunjin Roger Hart[64]
2005KerekChukotko-KamchatkanChukotkaEkaterina Khatkana[65][66]
20 September 2004Nüshu scriptunclassifiedHunan, ChinaYang Huanyi[67][68]
ca. 2004? Duli Niger-Congo Cameroon [69]
29 December 2003Akkala SamiUralicKola Peninsula, RussiaMarja Sergina[70][71]
22 November 2003WintuWintuanCalifornia, United StatesFlora Jones[72]
14 September 2003Klamath-ModocIsolateOregon, United StatesNeva Eggsman[73][74]
September 2003Garig IlgarPama-NyunganNorthern Territory, Australia[75]
by 2003AlngithPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia
by 2003ArebaPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[76]
by 2003AtampayaPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[77]
by 2003UmbindhamuPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[78]
by 2003 Makolkol unclassified New Britain, Papua New Guinea possible Papuan language
2003UmotínaMacro-JêMato Grosso, Brazil
4 November 2002SerranoUto-AztecanCalifornia, United StatesDorothy Ramonbeing revived
31 August 2002UnamiAlgicDelaware, United StatesEdward Thompson[79][notes 3]
23 May 2002GaagudjuIsolateNorthern Territory, AustraliaBig Bill Neidjie[80]
by 2001AmanayéTupianBrazil[81]
c.2000ChiapanecOto-MangueanChiapas, Mexico
c.2000MapiaAustronesianMapia Atoll, Indonesia
c.2000CholónHibito–CholonHuallaga River Valley
c.2000LapachuArawakanApolobambaIt is possible there are still a few very old speakers.
c.2000PoyanawaPanoanAcre, Brazil12 speakers were reported in 1992.
by 2000Central PomoPomoan (Hokan?)Northern California
by 2000Maku language of AuariunclassifiedRoraima, BrazilSinfrônio Magalhães (Kuluta)
c. 2000Rennellese Sign LanguageunclassifiedSolomon IslandsKagobai[82]
2000sShirianaArawakanBrazil
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DateLanguage
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Language familyRegionNotes
20th-21st century (?)AyabadhuPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[83]
20th-21st century (?)Aghu TharnggalaPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[83]
20th-21st century (?)AdithinngithighPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia
20th-21st century (?)ArritinngithighPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia
20th-21st century (?)GurnaiPama-NyunganVictoria, Australianow being revived[83]
20th-21st centurySouthern KayapóMacro-JêMato Grosso, BrazilHypothesized to be the ancestor of Panará.
late 20th century (?)NganyaywanaPama-NyunganAustralia
late 20th century (?)NgaminiPama-NyunganSouth Australia
late 20th century (?)NilaAustronesianNila Island, IndonesiaSpeakers were relocated to Seram due to volcanic activity on Nila[84]
late 20th century (?)SeruaAustronesianMount Serua, IndonesiaSpeakers were relocated to Seram due to volcanic activity on Serua[84]
late 20th centuryNewfoundland IrishIndo-EuropeanNewfoundland, Canada[85]
late 20th centurySoyotTurkicBuryatia, Khövsgöl ProvincePartly revitalized
late 20th centurySaravecaArawakanEastern lowlands Bolivia
1980-2000TepecanoUto-AztecanCentral MexicoLast known speaker Lino de la Rosa was alive in 1980
c.2000MesmesAfroasiaticEthiopiawith the death of Abegaz[86][87]
c.2000KamarianAustronesianwest Seram Island, Indonesia
2000SowaAustronesianPentecost Island, Vanuatuwith the death of Maurice Tabi[88]
late 1990sMunichiunclassifiedLoreto Region, Peruwith the death of Victoria Huancho Icahuate
1999NyulnyulPama-NyunganAustraliawith the death of Carmel Charles[89]
by 1999IneseñoChumashanCalifornia, United States[90]
1998[dubious discuss]YolaIndo-EuropeanCounty Wexford, Ireland
1998MlahsôAfroasiaticSyria; Turkeywith the death of Ibrahim Hanna[91]
by 1998Skepi Creole DutchDutch-based creoleGuyana[92]
ca. 1997Aribwatsa Lower Markham languages Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea Exact date of extinction is unknown although it is believed to be in 2000. Most descendants have switched to the Bukawa language.
1997-98NgarnkaPama-NyunganAustralia
January 1997Sireniki YupikEskimo–AleutChukotka Peninsula, Russiawith the death of Valentina Wye[93]
1997GuazacapánXincanSanta Rosa, Guatemala1 semispeaker
1997JumaytepequeXincanBy Volcán Jumaytepeque, Guatemala
ca. 1996 (?) Malaryan Dravidian Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India [94]
16 December 1996Iowa-OtoSiouanOklahoma and Kansas, United Stateswith the death of Truman Washington Dailey[95]
1996ChiquimulillaXincanChiquimulilla, GuatemalaThe last semi-speaker Julian de la Cruz died in 1996.
by 1996KatabagaAustronesianPhilippines[96]
by 1996PalumataAustronesian?Maluku, Indonesia[97]
before 1996 Seru Austronesian Sarawak, Malaysia [98]
5 November 1995KasabeNiger–CongoCameroonwith the death of Bogon[99]
6 August 1995MartuthuniraPama-NyunganWestern Australiawith the death of Algy Paterson[100]
8 January 1995Northern PomoPomoan (Hokan?)California, United States

with the death of Edna Campbell Guerrero

16 May 1994LuiseñoUto-AztecanSouthern Californiawith the death of Villiana Calac Hyde. A revitalization process is happening.
30 April 1994Sakhalin AinuAinu languagesJapanwith the death of Take Asai[101]
13 July 1993Eastern AbnakiAlgicMaine, United Stateswith the death of Madeline Shay[102][103]
1993AndoaZaparoanPeru[104]
7 October 1992UbykhNorthwest CaucasianBalıkesir Province, Turkeywith the death of Tevfik Esenç[105]
23 February 1991Roncalese (Erronkariko) dialectBasque (isolate)Spainwith the death of Fidela Bernat[106]
1991PánoboPanoanPeru[107]
1991UllatanDravidianIndia[108]
30 July 1990WappoYuki–WappoCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Laura Fish Somersal[109]
1990ShastaShastanCalifornia, United States
Early 1990'sHermitAustronesianManus Province, Papua New GuineaIt has been mostly replaced by Seimat.
ca. 1990sInkuIndo-EuropeanAfghanistan[110]
ca. 1990sLumaete dialect of KayeliAustronesiancentral Maluku, Indonesia[111]
ca. 1990sTaman variety of SakSino-TibetanMyanmar[112]
ca. 1990sUnggumiWorrorraAustraliawith the death of Morndi Munro[113]
1990s?BertiSaharanDafur and Kordofan, Sudan
20 September 1989KamasUralicSayan Mountains, Soviet Unionwith the death of Klavdiya Plotnikova
March 1989Leliali dialect of KayeliAustronesiancentral Maluku, Indonesia[111][114]
ca. 1989HukuminaAustronesianMaluku, Indonesia[115]
1989Miami-IllinoisAlgicalong the Mississippi River, United States
1989KungarakanyGunwinyguanNorthern Territory, Australiawith the death of Madeline England[114][116]
16 September 1988AtsugewiPalaihnihanCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Medie Webster[117]
1988ǁXegwiTuuSouth Africawith the death of Jopi Mabinda[118]
ca. 1987BidyaraPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[119]
ca. 1987LauaTrans-New GuineaPapua New Guinea
4 February 1987CupeñoUto-AztecanCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Roscinda Nolasquez[120]
1987 Dyangadi Pama-Nyungan New South Wales, Australia [121]
1987NegerhollandsDutch-based creoleU.S. Virgin Islandswith the death of Alice Stevens
by 1987Basa-GumnaNiger-CongoNiger State/Plateau State, Nigeria[122]
by 1987YugambalPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[123]
ca. 1986BikyaNiger-CongoCameroon
ca. 1986BishuoNiger-CongoCameroon
April 1986Jiwarli dialect, ManthartaPama-NyunganAustraliawith the death of Jack Butler[124]
1986MangalaPama-NyunganWestern Australia[125]
1986VolowAustronesianVanuatuwith the death of Wanhan[126]
late 1980s to early 1990sCahuaranoZaparoanAlong the Nanay River in Peru.
18 March 1984Deeside dialect, Scottish GaelicIndo-EuropeanScotlandwith the death of Jean Bain[127]
1984YaviteroArawakanVenezuela[114][128]
February 1983 Antrim Irish Indo-European Ireland with the death of Séamus Bhriain Mac Amhlaig[129][130]
ca. 1983YangmanAustralian (Wardaman isolate)Northern Territory, Australia[131]
after 1983 Wotapuri-Katarqalai Indo-European Afghanistan [132] May still be spoken.
June 1982 Kansa Siouan Oklahoma, United States with the death of Ralph Pepper
1982BalaTungusicZhangguangcai Range[133]
1982DagomanAustralianNorthern Territory, Australiawith the death of Martha Hart[134]
by 1982DyugunAustralianWestern Australia[135]
by 1982KatoNa-DeneCalifornia, United States[136]
after 1981DirariPama-NyunganSouth Australia[137]
after 1981DyaberdyaberPama-NyunganWestern Australia[138][139]
after 1981ErreAustralianNorthern Territory, Australia[140]
after 1981UmbugarlaArnhem Land languages or
Darwin Region languages
Northern Territory, Australiawith the death of Butcher Knight
after 1981YawarawargaPama-NyunganQueensland and South Australia[141]
ca. 1981TernateñoPortuguese CreoleMaluku, Indonesia[142]
1 May 1981Pitta PittaPama-NyunganQueensland, Australiawith the deaths of Ivy Nardoo of Boulia[143]
1981 Nagarchal Dravidian? India
1981 Warrungu Pama-Nyungan Queensland, Australia with the death of Alf Palmer[144][145]
by 1981 Bina Austronesian Central Province (Papua New Guinea)
1980TwanaSalishanWashington, United States[114][146]
1980YalarnngaPama-NyunganAustralia
1980s ADAlchukaTungusicHeilongjiang
late 1970s - 1980s[139]Flinders IslandPama-NyunganAustralialast known speaker was Johnny Flinders[144]
between 1971 and 1981KwadiKhoesouthwestern Angola[147]
1970s – 1980sChicomuceltecMayanMexico; Guatemala
22 February 1979 Barranbinja Pama-Nyungan New South Wales, Australia with the death of Emily Margaret Horneville
3 November 1977ShuaditIndo-Europeansouthern Francewith the death of Armand Lunel[114][148]
24 August 1977NgawunPama-NyunganQueensland, Australiawith the death of Cherry O'Keefe[149]
13 July 1977NooksackSalishanWashington, United Stateswith the death of Sindick Jimmy[114]
ca. 1977Arran GaelicIndo-EuropeanIsle of ArranWith the death of Donald Craig.[150]
ca. 1977NagumiNiger-CongoCameroon [151]
by 1977BabuzaAustronesianTaiwan [152]
by 1977LuilangAustronesianBanqiao District [152]
between 1976 and 1999Kw'adzaAfroasiaticTanzania[153]
after 1976MuskumAfroasiaticwestern Chad[154]
1975[citation needed] or 1972YughYeniseiancentral Siberia, Soviet Union[114][155]
before 1975HomaNiger-Congosouthern Sudan[156]
27 December 1974ManxIndo-EuropeanIsle of Man, British islandswith the death of Ned Maddrell. Now being revived as a second language[157]
28 May 1974SelkʼnamChonTierra del Fuego, Argentinawith the death of Ángela Loij[notes 4]
1974MokselaAustronesianMaluku, Indonesia[158]
before 1974CacaoperaMisumalpanEl Salvador[159]
after 1973Môa RemoPanoanAlong the Môa River of Amazonas, PeruA word list was created in 1973.
by 1974 Dicamay Agta Austronesian Luzon, Philippines The Dicamay Agta were killed by Ilokano homesteaders sometime between 1957 and 1974.
9 October 1972TillamookSalishanOregon, United Stateswith the death of Minnie Scovell[114]
5 February 1972HanisCoosanOregon, United Stateswith the death of Martha Harney Johnson[160]
1972MbabaramPama-NyunganQueensland, Australiawith the death of Albert Bennett[161]
ca. 1970sCocolicheItalian-based pidginBuenos Aires, ArgentinaSome content survived in the lunfardo slang of Rioplatense Spanish dialect
1970sDaminConstructedMornington Island
after 1968ParatioXukuruanPesqueira, Pernambuco, BrazilIt was spoken by a few people in Pesqueira in 1968. Loukotka (1968)
1968Welsh-RomaniRomaniWales, United Kingdomwith the death of Manfri Wood[162]
before 1968SenedAfroasiaticTunisia
after 1965BarngarlaPama-Nyungansouthern Australiawith the death of Moonie Davis[163]
24 July 1965BarbareñoChumashanCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Mary Yee[164][notes 5]
1965WakawakaPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[165]
ca. 1964AariyaspuriousIndia[166]
10 August 1963GaliceNa-DeneOregon, United Stateswith the death of Hoxie Simmons
10 January 1963Upper UmpquaNa-DeneOregon, United Stateswith the death of Wolverton Orton
1963JoráTupiBolivia[114]
after 1962XukuruXukuruanPernambuco and Paraíba, BrazilKnown from a wordlist and sketch from Geraldo Lapenda (1962).
1962WiyotAlgicCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Delia Prince[167]
after 1961WyandotIroquoianOklahoma, United States; Quebec, Canada
after 1961PankararúunclassifiedPernambuco, Alagoas, BrazilOnly two people remembered the language in 1961.
after 1961XocóunclassifiedSergipe, Alagoas, BrazilOnly a few people remembered the language in 1961 It is not clear if this is a single language.
1961Northeastern PomoPomoan(Hokan?)California, United States
1960Oriel dialect, IrishIndo-EuropeanIrelandwith the death of Annie O'Hanlon[168][169]
1960SiuslawIsolateOregon, United Stateswith the death of Mary Barrett Elliott. Last speaker of Lower Umpqua dialect was Billy Dick[160]
1960sCuitlatecIsolateGuerrero, Mexicowith the death of Juana Can.[170]
1960sLurenSino-TibetanGuizhou
1960sPirlatapaPama-NyunganSouth Australia[171]
1960sTimor PidginPortuguese creoleEast Timor[172]
16 April 1959CatawbaSiouanSouth Carolina, United Stateswith the death of Chief Sam Blue[173]
22 September 1958MolalaIsolateOregon, United Stateswith the death of Fred Yelkes[160]
1958SalinanIsolate (Hokan?)California, United States
1958OmuranoZaparoanPeru[114][174]
25 March 1957NatchezIsolateMississippi, United States[175] with the death of Nancy Raven.[176] The Natchez people are attempting to revive this language.[177]
1952-1956AasáxAfroasiaticTanzania[178]
after 1954Tây BồiFrench-based PidginVietnam[179][180]
1954Central KalapuyaKalapuyanOregon, United Stateswith the death of John B. Hudson[160]
1954IfoAustronesianErromanga Island, Vanuatuwith the death of James Nalig[181]
1952Martha's Vineyard Sign LanguageSign languageMassachusetts, United Stateswith the death of Katie West
1951Alsea dialectIsolateOregon, United Stateswith the death of John Albert[160]
ca. 1950Bohemian Romanimixed languageCzechoslovakia, Central Europeafter World War II, due to extermination of most of its speakers in Nazi concentration camps.
1950KanietAustronesianManus Province, Papua New Guinea[114][182]
ca. 1950sMakuvaTrans–New Guinea?East Timor[54]
ca. 1950sKilitIndo-EuropeanNakhchivan[183]
ca. 1950sPijaounclassifiedTolima Department, Colombia[184]
1950sKepkiriwátTupianRondônia, Brazil
mid-20th centuryVentureñoChumashanCalifornia, United States
mid-20th centuryKawishanaArawakanBrazilpresumably extinct
mid-20th centuryBasayAustronesianTaiwan
mid-20th centurySidiNiger-CongoKathiawar, India; also known as Habsi.
mid-20th centurySlovincianIndo-EuropeanPomerania, Poland
mid-20th centurySouthern PameOto-MangueanSouthern Mexico
mid-20th centuryKipeaMacro-GêEastern Brazil
mid-20th centuryDzubukuaMacro-GêPernambuco, Brazil
mid-20th centuryTequiracaTequiraca–Canichana?Loreto, Peru
around mid-20th centuryTubarUto-AztecanNorthern Mexico
around mid-20th century?ChicoMaiduanCentral California
after 1949KunzaunclassifiedAtacama Desert, Chile/Peru
after 1949MikiraCahuapananLoreto, PeruA word list was made by Enrique Stanko Vráz in 1949.
6 December 1948TunicaIsolateLouisiana, United Stateswith the death of Sesostrie Youchigant[185]
after 1947GafatAfroasiaticalong the Abbay River, Ethiopia[186]
3 March 1940PentlatchSalishanVancouver Island, Canadawith the death of Joe Nimnim[114]
28 January 1940ChitimachaIsolateLouisiana, United Stateswith the death of Delphine Ducloux[187]
ca. 1940EudeveUto-AztecanSonora, Mexico
ca. 1940sChemakumChimakuanWashington, United States
ca. 1940sOssory dialect of IrishIndo-EuropeanCounty Kilkenny, Ireland
ca. 1940sKitanemukUto-AztecanCalifornia, United Stateswith the deaths of Marcelino Rivera, Isabella Gonzales, and Refugia Duran
ca. 1940sNorthern ManxIndo-EuropeanIsle of Man[188]
22 May 1939RumsenUtianCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Isabel Meadows[189]
9 May 1939MilukCoosanOregon, United Stateswith the death of Annie Miner Peterson[190]
by or after 1939Judaeo-PiedmonteseIndo-EuropeanNorthwestern Italy
16 January 1937Northern KalapuyaKalapuyanOregon, United Stateswith the death of Louis Kenoyer
1937YoncallaKalapuyanOregon, United Stateswith the death of Laura Blackery Albertson[191]
1936NarunggaPama-NyunganSouth Australia, Australia[192]
8 January 1935BiloxiSiouanLouisiana, United Stateswith the death of Emma Jackson[193]
1934JuaneñoUto-AztecanCalifornia, United States
1934PuelcheChonArgentinawith the death of Trruúlmani
1934TakelmaIsolateOregon, United Stateswith the death of Frances Johnson[194]
1933GabrielinoUto-AztecanCalifornia, United States
between 1931 and 1951Akar-BaleAndamaneseAndaman Islands, India[195]
between 1931 and 1951Aka-KedeAndamaneseAndaman Islands, India[195]
between 1931 and 1951A-PucikwarAndamaneseAndaman Islands, India[195]
after 1931TonkawaIsolateOklahoma/Texas/New Mexico, United States
after 1931Jaquirana RemoPanoanAmazonas, BrazilA word list was made in 1931.
after 1931TuxinawaPanoanAcre, BrazilA word list was made in 1931.
by 1931Aka-BeaAndamaneseAndaman Islands, India[195]
by 1931Oko-JuwoiAndamaneseAndaman Islands, India[195]
after 1930SensiPanoanright bank of Ucayali River, PeruA word list was created by Günter Tessmann in 1930.
c.1930MattoleNa-DeneCalifornia, United States
29 January 1930MutsunUtianCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Ascencion Solorsano
c.1930sCayuseIsolate/unclassifiedOregon, United States
c.1930sKathlametChinookanWashington/Oregon, United Stateswith the death of Charles Cultee[160]
c.1930sLower ChinookChinookanWashington/Oregon, United States
c.1930sMahicanAlgicNew York, United States
c.1930sClackamas dialect of Upper ChinookChinookanWashington/Oregon, United States
c.1930sKitsaiCaddoanOklahoma, United Stateswith the death of Kai Kai[196]
c.1930sTapachultecMixe–ZoqueSouthern Mexico
before 1930sKwalhioquaNa-DeneWashington, United States
by 1930OpataUto-AztecanNorthern Mexico
between 1920 and 1940AjawaAfroasiaticBauchi State, Nigeria[197]
25 December 1929KaurnaPama-NyunganSouth Australiawith the death of Ivaritji,[198] now being revived
c.1929Bear RiverNa-DeneCalifornia, US
1928Ottoman TurkishTurkicTurkeyEvolved into Turkish in 1928.
after 1927Tarauacá KashinawaPanoanAmazonas, BrazilA word list was made in 1927.
after 1927Blanco River RemoPanoanLoreto Province, PeruA word list was made in 1927.
after 1925SubtiabaOto-Manguean (Subtiaba-Tlapanec)Nicaragua
1925Papuan Pidgin EnglishEnglish-based pidginBritish New Guinea[199]
1925VanjiIndo-EuropeanEmirate of Bukhara[200]
January 1922ChimarikoIsolateCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Sally Noble[201][202]
after 1921ChagataiTurkicCentral Asia including TurkmenistanChagtai is still studied in Uzbekistan and Turkey.[203]
30 June 1921TataviamUto-AztecanCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Juan José Fustero
by 1921Aka-KolAndamaneseAndaman Islands, India[204]
After 1920SinacantánXincanSanta Rosa, GuatemalaA word list was created by Walther Lehmann in 1920.
ca. 1920MochicaChimuannorthwest Peru
ca. 1920sFergana KipchakTurkicFergana Valley[205]
ca. 1920sChochenyoUtianCalifornia, United States
ca. 1920sIsland CaribCaribanLesser Antilles, Caribbean SeaAn offshoot survives as Garifuna.
around the 1920sOtukeMacro-JêMato Grosso, Santa Cruz
by 1920YupiltepequeXincanGuatemala[206]
after 1917PochutecUto-AztecanOaxaca, Mexico
15 June 1917ObispeñoChumashanSouthern California, United Stateswith the death of Rosario Cooper[207]
25 March 1916YahiIsolate (Hokan?)California, United Stateswith the death of Ishi[208][notes 6]
1915Yamhill dialect of Northern KalapuyaKalapuyanOregon, United States
1910sǀXamTuuSouth Africa
after 1908SirayaAustronesiansouthwestern Taiwan[209]
18 July 1908Mohegan-PequotAlgicsouthern New England, United Stateswith the death of Fidelia Fielding[210]
24 February 1905TasmanianunclassifiedTasmania, Australiawith the death of Fanny Cochrane Smith[211][212][notes 7]
after 1906ArazairePanoanCusco Province, PeruA word list was recorded in 1906.
after 1904AtsawakaPanoanPuno Province, PeruThere were 20 speakers in 1904.
after 1902DyirringanyPama–NyunganNew South Wales, Australia
between 1900 and 1920Chinese KyakalaTungusicNortheastern China[213]
between 1900 and 1920JangilOnganAndaman Islands, India[214]
ca. 1900Henniker Sign LanguageVillage signNew Hampshire, United States
ca. 1900Tongva languageUto-AztecanSouthern California, United Statesbeing revived
ca. 1900Payagua languageMataco–Guaicuru?Alto Paraguay, Paraguay
ca. 1900MoranSino-TibetanAssam, India[215]
1900WulguruPama-NyunganAustralia
by 1900Classical MandaicAfroasiaticIran; Iraq[216]
by 1900Piro PuebloTanoanNew Mexico, United States
1900s ADIazychieIndo-EuropeanHalychyna, Bukovina, Zakarpattia[217]
1900s ADJudeo-VenetianIndo-EuropeanVenice[218]
1900s ADRotvælskIndo-EuropeanDenmark[219]
early 20th centuryAtakapaIsolateLouisiana/Texas, United States
early 20th centuryKamakãMacro-JêBahia, Brazil
early 20th centuryJersey DutchDutch-based creoleNew Jersey, United States
early 20th centuryKazukuruAustronesianNew Georgia, Solomon Islands
early 20th centuryKyakhta Russian–Chinese PidginChinese/Russian-based contact language
early 20th centuryChanáCharruanUruguay
early 20th centuryMarawánArawakanBrazil
early 20th century East Leinster dialect, Irish Indo-European Ireland [220]
early 20th centuryIngainMacro-JêSanta Catarina, Brazil
beginning of the 20th century ADRangasSino-TibetanUttarakhand[221]
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19th-20th centuryYuriTicuna-YuriAlong the Caquetá River.May have developed into Carabayo
late 19th centuryAdaiIsolateLouisiana, United States
late 19th centuryPuríMacro-Jêsoutheastern Brazil
late 19th centuryCoroado PuríMacro-Jêsoutheastern Brazil
late 19th centuryIstrian AlbanianAlbanianCroatia
late 19th centuryShebayaArawakanTrinidad
later 19th century (?)MbaraPama-NyunganAustralia[222]
late 19th century Chuvan Yukaghir Anadyr basin of Chukotka in Russia [223]
May 1900MorioriAustronesianChatham Island, New Zealandwith the death of Hirawanu Tapu.[224]
ca. 1899NawathinehenaAlgicOklahoma and Wyoming, United States[225]
by 1899AhomTaiIndia
by 1899 Waling Sino-Tibetan Nepal [226]
10 June 1898DalmatianIndo-EuropeanCroatia; Montenegrowith the death of Tuone Udaina.[227][228]
after 1894TsetsautNa-DeneBritish Columbia, Canada
after 1892AwabakalPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia
after 1886MaritsauáTupianMato Grosso, BrazilWord list was made in 1884 during the Shingú river expedition.
after 1886Solteco ZapotecOto-MangueanOaxaca, Mexico
after 1886ComecrudoComecrudanMexico; Texas, United States
after 1886CotonameIsolateMexico; Texas, United States
after 1884Yaquina dialectIsolateOregon, United States
after 1880Kenaboiunclassified (isolate?)Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
ca. 1880AuregnaisIndo-EuropeanAlderney, United Kingdom
1877AruáArauanBrazil
after 1871DuitChibchaBoyacá, ColombiaOne fragment analysed by scholar Ezequiel Uricoechea in 1871.
8 May 1876Bruny IslandTasmanianTasmania, Australiawith the death of Truganini[notes 8]
mid-1870sYolaIndo-EuropeanWexford, Ireland[230]
21 February 1871TuteloSiouanVirginia, United Stateswith the death of Nikonha[231][notes 9]
1870ClatskanieNa-DeneWashington (state), United States
1870s-1890s ADYokohameseJapanese based pidginYokohama[232]
after 1867AndoqueroWitotoanColombia[233]
1864XakriabáMacro-JêMinas Gerais state, Brazil
1862CaquetioArawakanArubawith the death of Nicolaas Pyclas[234]
1858KarankawaunclassifiedTexas, United Statesconcurrent with the extermination of the tribe at the hands of Juan Cortina
ca. 1857WoiwurrungPama-NyunganVictoria, Australia
26 December 1856NanticokeAlgicDelaware and Maryland, United Stateswith the death of Lydia Clark[235]
12 January 1855WampanoagAlgicMassachusetts, United StatesNantucket Wampanoag disappeared with the death of Dorcas Honorable[236]
after 1853 Samaritan Afroasiatic West Bank, Palestine/Israel Still used as a liturgical language[237]
19 October 1853NicoleñoUto-AztecanCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Juana Maria[238]
after 1851Wainumá-MariatéArawakanAmazonas, ColombiaA word list was collected by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1851.
after 1850HibitoHibito–CholonBobonaje River ValleyThere were 500 Speakers in 1850.
ca. 1850NornIndo-EuropeanNorthern Isles, United Kingdomwith the death of Walter Sutherland[239][240]
mid-19th centuryShinnecockAlgicNew York, United States
mid-19th centuryBetoiBetoi-Saliban?Orinoco Llanos
ca. 1850sKottYeniseiancentral Siberia, Russia[155]
after or during 1840sBororo of CabaçalMacro-Jê languagesMato Grosso, Brazil
ca. 1840sMatorUralicSayan Mountains, Russia
after 1839GulidjanPama-NyunganVictoria, Australia
1838NottowayIroquoianVirginia, United Stateswith the death of Edith Turner
after 1836WathawurrungPama-NyunganVictoria, Australia
after 1835 Pali Indo-European India; Myanmar [241]
after 1833EsselenIsolate (Hokan?)California, United States
after 1833CararíArawakanMucuim River, Amazonas, BrazilA word list was collected by Johann Natterer in 1833.
after 1832 Charrúa Charruan languages Entre Ríos Province and Uruguay
after 1832 Guenoa language Charruan languages Entre Ríos Province and Uruguay
after 1832AroaquiArawakanLower Rio Negro BrazilA word list was collected by Johann Natterer in 1832.
after 1832ParawanaArawakanLower Branco River BrazilA word list was collected by Johann Natterer in 1832.
after 1831MepuriArawakanAmazonas, BrazilA word list was collected by Johann Natterer in 1831.
after 1831MainatariArawakanSiapa River (Orinoco basin) VenezuelaA word list was collected by Johann Natterer in 1831.
6 June 1829Beothukunclassified (Algic disputed)Newfoundland, Canadawith the death of Shanawdithit[242]
after 1828GarzaComecrudanMexico
after 1828MamuliqueComecrudanNuevo León, Mexico
after 1821KarkinUtianCalifornia, United States
after 1821 Omok Yukaghir Sakha and Magadan in Russia
1820s-1830sAcroáMacro-JêBahia, Brazil
after 1819PeerapperTasmanianTasmania, Australia
10 April 1815Tamboraunclassified (Papuan)Sumbawafollowing the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora.[243]
after 1808NuennoneTasmanianTasmania, Australia
ca. 1803BunwurrungPama-NyunganVictoria, Australia
ca. 1800KrevinianUralicLatvia[244]
ca. 1800PallanganmiddangPama-NyunganVictoria, Australia
ca. 19th centuryAssanYeniseiancentral Siberia, Russia[155]
ca. 19th centuryCopticAfroasiaticEgyptapparently only in scattered places since the 17th century;[245] still in use as a liturgical language
ca. 19th centuryCrimean GothicIndo-EuropeanCrimea, Ukraine
ca. 19th centuryMangueOto-MangueanCentral America
ca. 19th centurySandy River Valley Sign LanguageMartha's Vineyard Sign Language or isolateMaine, United States
ca. 19th centuryVolga TürkiTurkicIdel-UralEvolved into Bashkir and Tatar.
19th centuryChorotegaOto-MangueanCosta Rica; Nicaragua[246]
19th centuryJaikóMacro-Jêsoutheastern Piauí
19th centuryKemi SamiUralicLapland, Finland[247]
19th centuryMatagalpaMisumalpanNicaragua
19th centuryMediterranean Lingua FrancaRomance-based PidginTunisia; Greece; Cyprus[248]
19th centuryRamaytushUtianCalifornia, United States
19th centurySolombala EnglishEnglishRussian pidginSolombala Shipyard[249]
early 19th centuryCochimíYuman-Cochimi (Hokan?)Baja California, Mexico
early 19th centuryPumpokolYeniseiancentral Siberia, Russia[155]
early 19th centuryWila'AustroasiaticSeberang Perai, Malaysia
early 19th centuryYuratsSamoyediccentral Siberia, Russia
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18th century

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late 18th centuryEsumaKwasouthern Côte d'Ivoire[250]
late 18th centuryMaipureArawakanUpper Orinoco region
late 18th centuryRuthenianIndo-EuropeanEastern Slavic regions of Poland-LithuaniaEvolved into Belarusian, Ukrainian and Rusyn.
after the late 1790sChiribaPanoanMoxos Province, BoliviaAll that was recorded of it was a list of seven words in the late 1790s.
after 1794MagianaArawakanBoliviaMagiana, an extinct Bolivia-Parana Arawakan language of Bolivia attested only with the wordlist in Palau, Mercedes and Blanca Saiz 1989 [1794].
after 1791Eora/DharugPama-NyunganQueensland and New South Wales, Australia[251] Being revived
after 1791QuiripiAlgicConnecticut/New York/New Jersey, United States[252]
ca. 1790sPowhatanAlgiceastern Virginia, United States
ca. 1790sRamanosunclassifiedMoxos Province, Bolivia
after 1788GundungurraPama-NyunganNew South Wales, Australia[253] being revived
after 1788OtomacoOtomakoanVenezuelan LlanosKnown from a wordlist by Father Gerónimo José de Luzena written in December of 1788.
after 1788TaparitaOtomakoanVenezuelan LlanosKnown from a wordlist by Father Gerónimo José de Luzena written in December of 1788.
after 1788NgunnawalPama-NyunganNew South Wales, Australia[253]
after 1788ThurawalPama-NyunganNew South Wales, Australia[253]
26 December 1777CornishIndo-EuropeanCornwall, Englandwith the death of Dolly Pentreath[254][notes 10]
after 1770WeytounclassifiedEthiopia
after 1770TamanakuCariban languagesVenezuela
1770CumanTurkicnorth of Black Sea; Hungarywith the death of István Varró [fr][255]
ca. 1770sAbipónMataco–GuaicuruArgentina
after 1763SusquehannockIroquoianNortheastern United StatesAfter the Conestoga massacre.
1760Galwegian dialect, Scottish GaelicIndo-EuropeanScotland, United Kingdomwith the death of Margaret McMurray
3 October 1756PolabianIndo-Europeanaround the Elbe river, Poland/Germanywith the death of Emerentz Schultze[256]
late 1730sArinYeniseiancentral Siberia, Russiawith the death of Arzamas Loskutov[155]
18th centuryAjem-TurkicTurkicIran, Eastern Anatolia, the South Caucasus and DagestanEvolved into Azerbaijani.
18th centuryChanéArawakanArgentinaa dialect of Terêna
18th centuryChibchaChibchanColombia
18th centuryClassical GaelicIndo-EuropeanIreland and Scotland, United KingdomThe literary language. Fell out of use with the collapse of Gaelic society.[257]
18th centuryCoahuiltecoIsolate/unclassifiedMexico; Texas, United States
18th centuryLoupAlgicMassachusetts and Connecticut, United States
18th centuryManaoArawakanBrazil
18th centuryPlateau Sign LanguageContact pidginColumbia Plateau, United States
early 18th centuryApalacheeMuskogeanFlorida, United States
early 18th centuryOld PrussianIndo-EuropeanPoland
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between 17th and 19th centuryNiuatoputapuAustronesianNiuatoputapu Island, Tonga[258]
late 17th to early 18th centuryCacánunclassifiednorthern Argentina; Chile
Maybe 17th to 18th centuryAcaxeeUto-AztecanNorthwestern Mexico
Maybe 17th to 18th centuryXiximeUto-AztecanNorthwestern Mexico
by 1700Pidgin DelawareDelaware-based pidginDelaware, United States[259]
late 17th centurySudovianIndo-EuropeanLithuania
after 1666Old Kentish Sign LanguageVillage sign languageKent, England[260]
after mid 17th century ADFavorlangAustronesianTaiwan
after 1643NarragansettAlgicNew England, United States[261]
after 1640YaioCaribanTrinidad and French GuianaAttested in a 1640 word list recorded by Joannes de Laet.
ca. 1635JurchenTungusicManchuria, China[262] Evolved into Manchu.
after 1618LumbeeAlgicNorth Carolina and Maryland, United States[263]
after 1618Carolina AlgonquianAlgicNorth Carolina, United States[263]
17th century ADAndalusi ArabicAfroasiaticsouthern Spain
17th century ADArmeno-KipchakTurkicCrimea[264]
17th century ADAdhariIndo-EuropeanIranian Azerbaijan[265]
17th century ADBasque–Icelandic pidginBasqueIcelandic PidginIceland[266]
17th century ADCazcanUto-AztecanMexico
17th century ADCuronianIndo-EuropeanLatvia
17th century ADEtcheminAlgicMaine, United States
17th century ADGorgotoquiMacro-Jêeastern Bolivia
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15th century

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After 1492Judaeo-AragoneseIndo-EuropeanNorth Central SpainAfter the Alhambra Decree
After 1492Judaeo-CatalanIndo-EuropeanEastern SpainAfter the Alhambra Decree
15th century ADAfrican RomanceIndo-EuropeanRoman Africa[272]
15th century ADJassicIndo-EuropeanHungary[273]
15th century ADOld Anatolian TurkishTurkicAnatoliaEmerged in Anatolia late 11th century, and developed into early Ottoman Turkish.
15th century ADOld NubianEastern SudanicNubia[274] Evolved into Nobiin.
15th century ADTamnaJaponic?Tamna[275]
end of 15th centuryMozarabicIndo-EuropeanSpain; Portugal[276]
late 15th centuryGreenlandic NorseIndo-EuropeanGreenland
late 15th centurySelonianIndo-EuropeanLatvia; Lithuania
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14th century

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14th century ADBulgarTurkicVolga and Danube, Europe; Central AsiaBy the 9th or 10th centuries on the Danube and by the 14th century in the Volga region. It may have ultimately given rise to the Chuvash language, which is most closely related to it.
14th century ADDaylamiIndo-EuropeanSouth Caspian Sea[277]
14th century ADFranco-ItalianIndo-EuropeanNorthern Italy[278]
14th century ADGalician-PortugueseIndo-Europeannorthwestern Spain, northern PortugalEvolved into Galician, Portuguese, Eonavian and Fala. Some linguists argue that said languages could all still be considered modern varieties of Galician-Portuguese itself.
14th century ADKhorezmian TurkicTurkicCentral AsiaEvolved into Chagatai.
14th century ADOld UyghurTurkicCentral Asia, East Asia|
14th century ADWest GalindianIndo-Europeannorthern Poland
14th century ADZarphaticIndo-Europeannorthern France; west-central Germany
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13th century

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After 20 June 1244KhitanMongolicCentral Asiawith the death of Yelü Chucai[279][notes 11]
13th centuryKarakhanidTurkicCentral AsiaEvolved into Khorezmian Turkic.
13th centuryPyuSino-Tibetancentral Myanmar
13th centurySiculo-ArabicAfroasiaticEmirate of Sicily[280] Evolved into Maltese.
13th centurySkalvianIndo-EuropeanScalovia
12-13th centuries ADBalhaeTungusic?Balhae
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12th century

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12th century ADGolyadIndo-EuropeanProtva basin[281]
12th century ADKhwarezmianIndo-EuropeanKhwarazm
12th century ADPechenegTurkicEastern Europe
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11th century

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between 1000 and 1300KhazarTurkicnorthern Caucasus; Central Asia
11th – 12th century ADCumbricIndo-EuropeanEngland/Scotland, United Kingdom
11th – 12th century ADJewish Babylonian AramaicAfroasiaticIraq[282]
ca. 1000LombardicIndo-Europeancentral Europe; northern Italy
ca. 1000MeryaUralicYaroslavl Oblast, Russia
ca. 1000Moselle RomanceIndo-EuropeanMoselle[283]
ca. 1000MuromianUralicVladimir Oblast, Russia
ca. 1000Old Church SlavonicIndo-EuropeanEastern Europestill used as a liturgical language
ca. 1000Shauraseni PrakritIndo-EuropeanMedieval India[284]
ca. 1000SogdianIndo-EuropeanSogdia[285] Evolved into Yaghnobi.
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10th century

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10th – 12th century ADSyriacAfroasiaticTurkey; Iraq; Syrianow only used as liturgical language[286]
10th – 12th century ADSamaritan AramaicAfroasiaticWest Bank, Palestine; Israelnow only used as liturgical language[287]
10th century ADHimyariticAfroasiaticYemen
10th century ADPaishachiIndo-EuropeanNorth India[288]
10th century ADPannonian LatinIndo-EuropeanPannonia[289]
10th century ADSakaIndo-EuropeanXinjiang, ChinaEvolved into Wakhi.
10th century ADZhang-ZhungSino-Tibetanwestern Tibet (Central Asia)
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9th century

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9th century AD or laterPictishIndo-EuropeanScotland, United Kingdom
after AD 840TocharianIndo-EuropeanTarim Basin (Central Asia)
9th century ADGothicIndo-EuropeanSpain; Portugal; ItalyWith the exception of Crimean Gothic
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8th century

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8th century ADAghwanNortheast CaucasianAzerbaijan[290] Evolved into Udi.
8th century ADBritish LatinIndo-EuropeanRoman Britain[291]
8th century ADOrkhon TurkicTurkicEastern Europe, Central Asia, Eastern AsiaEvolved into Old Uyghur.
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7th century

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7th-10th century?GoguryeoPuyŏ, possibly KoreanicKorea, China
after AD 620RouranMongolic or isolateNorthern China and Mongolia[292]
ca. 600AvestanIndo-EuropeanIran[293]
7th century ADBaekjeKoreanicKoreamay be more than one language.
7th century ADBuyeoPuyŏ, possibly KoreanicManchuria
7th century ADGayaunclassifiedKorea[294]
7th century ADMahanKoreanic?Mahan confederacy[294]
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6th century

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6th century ADAncient CappadocianIndo-EuropeanAnatolia[295]
6th century ADBurgundianIndo-EuropeanKingdom of the Burgundians[296]
6th century ADDacianIndo-EuropeanBalkans
6th century ADGaulishIndo-EuropeanGaul: France, Belgium, Germany and elsewhere
6th century ADIllyrianIndo-Europeanwestern Balkansdisputed
6th century ADOkjeoKoreanic?Okjeo[294]
6th century ADSabaeanAfroasiaticHorn of Africa; Arabic Peninsula
6th century ADTuyuhunPara-MongolicNorthern ChinaSpoken around AD 500.[297]
6th century ADVandalicIndo-EuropeanSpain; North Africa
6th century ADYe-MaekKoreanic?Yemaek[294]
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5th century

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5th – 6th centuryHadramauticAfroasiaticDhofar Mountains
before 6th centuryLigurianunclassified, possibly Celtic or Indo-Europeannorthwestern Italy; southeastern France[298]
after 453Hunnicunclassified, possibly Oghuricfrom the Eurasian steppe into Europe
ca. AD 400EgyptianAfro-AsiaticAncient Egypt[299] With the exception of Coptic.
ca. AD 400Meroiticunclassified, maybe NubianSudan
5th centuryAlanicIndo-EuropeanAlania and Iberia[300] Evolved into Ossetian.
5th centuryIsaurianIndo-EuropeanAnatolia
5th centuryThracianIndo-Europeaneastern and central Balkans
early 5th centuryPunicAfroasiaticNorth Africa
after AD 400PhrygianIndo-Europeansoutheastern Bulgaria; Anatolia[301]
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4th century

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4th century ADHismaicAfroasiaticḤismā Oasis[302]
4th century CEAquitanianIsolate or VasconicNovempopulania and Basque CountryEvolved into Basque.
4th century CEGalatianIndo-Europeancentral Anatolia
4th century CEGeʽezAfroasiaticEthiopia; Eritreastill used as a liturgical language[303]
4th century CEBiblical HebrewAfroasiaticIsraelrevived in the 1880s
after 300 CEParthianIndo-EuropeanIran
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2nd century

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after 2nd century ADNoricIndo-EuropeanAustria; Slovenia
after 2nd century ADPisidianIndo-Europeansouthwestern Anatolia
after AD 150BactrianIndo-EuropeanAfghanistan
AD 150MarsianIndo-EuropeanMarsica[308]
AD 100AkkadianAfroasiaticMesopotamia[309]
AD 100ArmazicAfroasiaticSouth Caucasus[310]
AD 100EtruscanTyrseniancentral Italy

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AD 100HasaiticAfroasiaticAl-Ahsa Oasis[312]
ca. 2nd century ADCeltiberianIndo-Europeancentral-eastern Spain
ca. 2nd century ADGallaecianIndo-Europeannorthwestern Spain, northern Portugal
2nd century ADLusitanianunclassifiedPortugal, southwestern Spain
ca. 2nd century ADNuragicIndo-EuropeanSardinia
ca. 2nd century ADSorothapticIndo-Europeaneastern Spain
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1st century

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1st – 2nd century ADIberianunclassifiedSpain; France
1st – 2nd century ADPaeonianIndo-EuropeanMacedonia; Greece; Bulgaria
Approximately AD 50LycaonianunclassifiedLycaonia
1st century ADLiburnianIndo-Europeanwestern Croatia
1st century ADMedianIndo-EuropeanPersia[313]
1st century ADNabataean ArabicAfro-AsiaticLevant, Sinai Peninsula and northwest Arabia
1st century ADVeneticIndo-Europeannortheastern Italy
Approximately AD 100OscanIndo-Europeansouthern Italy
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1st century BC

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50 BCCisalpine GaulishIndo-EuropeanCisalpine Gaul[314]
1st century BCElymianunclassifiedwestern Sicily
1st century BCLycianIndo-Europeansouthwestern Anatolia
1st century BCLydianIndo-Europeanwestern Anatolia
1st century BCMessapicIndo-EuropeanApulia, Italy
1st century BCMysianIndo-Europeannorthwestern Anatolia
1st century BCSabineIndo-Europeancentral Italy
1st century BCSicanianunclassifiedcentral Sicily
1st century BCSicelIndo-Europeaneastern Sicily
1st century BCUmbrianIndo-Europeancentral Italy
early 1st millennium BCEteocretanIsolate/unclassifiedCrete, Greece
1st millennium BCMilyanIndo-EuropeanAnatolia
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2nd century BC

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ca. 100 BCPaelignianIndo-EuropeanValle Peligna[315]
100 BCVestinianIndo-Europeaneast-central Italy[316]
ca. 150 BCFaliscanIndo-EuropeanTuscany/Latium, Italy
ca. 100 BCMinaeanAfro-AsiaticYemen
2nd century BCPhoenicianAfro-AsiaticCanaan, North Africa, Cyprus, Iberia, Sicily, Malta and Sardinia
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3rd century BC

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232 BCAshokan PrakritIndo-EuropeanSouth Asia[317]
ca. 3rd century BCAequianIndo-EuropeanLatium, east-central Italy
ca. 3rd century BCCarianIndo-Europeansouthwestern Anatolia
ca. 3rd century BCEluIndo-EuropeanSri Lanka[318] Evolved into Sinhala and Dhivehi.
ca. 3rd century BCLucanianIndo-EuropeanLucania[319]
ca. 3rd century BCSiculianIndo-EuropeanSicily[320]
ca. 3rd century BCSideticIndo-Europeansouthwestern Anatolia
ca. 3rd century BCVolscianIndo-EuropeanItaly; Latium
ca. 200 BCNumidianAfro-AsiaticNumidia[321]
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4th century BC

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early 4th century BCEteocypriotIsolate/unclassifiedCyprus
4th century BCAncient MacedonianIndo-Europeannortheastern Greece
4th century BCKassiteHurro-Urartian?Babylon[322]
4th century BCSouth PiceneIndo-EuropeanPicenum[323]
ca. 300 BCMarrucinianIndo-EuropeanChieti[324]
ca. 300 BCPhilistineunclassified, maybe Indo-EuropeanIsrael; Lebanon
ca. 350 BCElamiteIsolatePersia; southern Mesopotamia
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5th century BC

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after 5th century BCTartessianunclassifiedSpain[325]
5th century BCAmmoniteAfroasiaticnorthwestern Jordan
5th century BCMoabiteAfroasiaticnorthwestern Jordan
5th century BCNorth PiceneunclassifiedPicenum
ca. 400 BCLeponticIndo-Europeannorthern Italy
early 5th century BCOenotrianIndo-EuropeanSouthern Italy[326]
second half of the 1st millennium BCDadaniticAfroasiaticLihyan[327]
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6th century BC

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after 6th century BCLemnianTyrsenianLemnos, Greece[328]
second half of the 6th century BCTaymaniticAfroasiaticTayma[329]
500 BCLanuvianIndo-EuropeanLanuvium
500 BCPraenestinianIndo-EuropeanPalestrina
500 BCPre-SamniteIndo-EuropeanCampania[330]
6th century BCEdomiteAfroasiaticsouthwestern Jordan
6th century BCUrartianHurro-UrartianArmenia; Georgia; Iraq; Anatolia
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7th century BC

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8th century BC

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730s BCSamalianAfro-AsiaticSamʾal[333]
770s BCSouth GileaditeAfro-AsiaticDeir Alla[334]
after 800 BCKaskianUnclassifiedNortheastern Anatolia and Colchis[335]
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2nd millennium BC

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ca. 1000 BCHurrianHurro-UrartianAnatolia; Syria; Mesopotamia
ca. 1050 BCCypro-MinoanunclassifiedCyprusmay have evolved into Eteocypriot.
ca. 1100 BCSuteanAfro-AsiaticNortheast SyriaSpoken around 2100 BC
ca. 1100 BCHittiteIndo-EuropeanAnatolia
after 1170 BCUgariticAfroasiaticSyriafollowing the destruction of Ugarit
ca. 1200 BCKalasmaicIndo-EuropeanKalasma[336]
ca. 1200 BCMycenaean GreekIndo-EuropeanMycenaean Greece and western Anatolia[337]
after 1300s BCMitanni-AryanIndo-EuropeanMitanni[338]
ca. 1300 BCPalaicIndo-Europeannorthwest Anatolia
ca. 1450 BCMinoanunclassifiedCretemay have evolved into Eteocretan.
ca. 1500 BCHatticunclassified, possibly Northwest CaucasianAnatolia
ca. 1600 BCAmoriteAfro-AsiaticLevant
ca. 1900 BCHarappanunclassified, possibly DravidianIndus River[339]
c.2000-1800 BCSumerianIsolateMesopotamiaused as a literary and liturgical language until about 100 CE[340]
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3rd millennium BC

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DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
after 2200 BCGutianunclassifiedZagros Mountains?
3rd millennium BCEblaiteAfroasiaticSyria[341]
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DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
UNKAmarizanaArawakanMeta Department, Colombia
UNKAmazon MayorunaPanoanAmazon basin, Brazil, Peru, and Colombia
UNKAnauyáArawakanCastaño Viejo River Amazonas, Venezuela
UNKApingiCaribanSouth America
UNKArakajúCaribanSouth America
UNKAraviráMacro-JêMato Grosso, Santa CruzNothing is known directly about this language.
UNKArmaChocoan?ColombiaUnattested
UNKAruãArawakanMarajó
UNKAtanqueChibchanCesar Department, Colombia
UNKAushiriZaparoanLoreto, Peru
UNKAuyokawaAfro-AsiaticJigawa State
UNKBoanaríCaribanSouth America
UNKCabreArawakanColombia
UNKChakpaSino-TibetanManipur
UNKConamboZaparoanNorth Eastern Peru near the Conambo River.Some consider Conambo to be a dialect of Záparo.
UNKCustenauArawakanMato Grosso, Brazil
UNKDiTurkic?western China
UNKDorasqueChibchanPanama and Costa Rica
UNKErmiteñoChavacanoErmita, Manila, PhilippinesSpanish-based creole
UNKGarachiIndo-EuropeanAzerbaijan
UNKGuerenMacro-JêMinas Gerais, Brazil
UNKHuetarChibchanAlajuela, Costa Rica
UNKJandiatuba MayorunaPanoanAmazon basin, Brazil
UNKJieYeniseianNorth ChinaPossibly evolved into Pumpokol.[citation needed]
UNKJumaCaribanSouth America
UNKKambojanIndo-EuropeanKamboja Kingdom
UNKKamurúMacro-JêEastern Brazil
UNKKariaíArawakanRoraima, Brazil
UNKKoropóMacro-JêMinas Gerais, Brazil
UNKKotoxóMacro-JêBahia, Brazil
UNKKulonAustronesianTaiwan
UNKLounAustronesianMaluku Islands
UNKMalalíMacro-JêMinas Gerais, Brazil
UNKMangalóMacro-JêBahia and Minas Gerais
UNKMasakaráMacro-JêBahia, Brazil
UNKMaynasCahuapanan?Loreto, Peru
UNKMeniénMacro-JêBahia, Brazil
UNKMoriqueArawakanBetween the Ucayali River and Javari River
UNKNamSino-TibetanCentral Asia
UNKNutabeChibchanSanta Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
UNKOld CatioChibchanSanta Fe de Antioquia, Colombia
UNKOlmecunclassified, possibly Mixe-ZoqueMexico
UNKOpónCaribanColombia
UNKPahlavaniIndo-EuropeanChakhansur District
UNKPaleo-CorsicanunclassifiedCorsica
UNKPalmelaCaribanSouth America
UNKParavilyanaCaribanSouth America
UNKPaséArawakanBrazil
UNKPawishianaCaribanSouth America
UNKPimenteiraCaribanSouth America
UNKPurukotóCaribanSouth America
UNKQuimbayaunclassifiedColombiaMight not be a distinct language.
UNKSabujáMacro-JêBahia, Brazil
UNKSaparáCaribanSouth America
UNKSinúfanaChocoan?ColombiaPoorly attested
UNKSorungAustronesianErromango
UNKSuebianIndo-EuropeanElbe basin and northwestern Iberia
UNKTiverikotoCaribanSouth America
UNKTuobaMongolic or TurkicNorthern ChinaSpoken around the 5th century AD.
UNKVazimbaAustronesianMadagascar
UNKVilla Viciosa AgtaAustronesianVillaviciosa, Abra Philippinesunattested
UNKVotoChibchanCosta Rica
UNKWaamwangAustronesianVoh, New Caledonia
UNKWajumaráCaribanSouth America
UNKWaraikúArawakanBrazil
UNKWestern JicaqueHokan?Honduras
UNKWirináArawakanBrazil
UNKWusunIndo-Europeanbetween the Qilian Mountains and Dunhuang
UNKXiongnuunknownMongolia
UNKYabaânaArawakanBrazil
UNKYarumáCaribanSouth America
UNKYumanaArawakanBrazil
UNKZacatecoUto-AztecanZacatecas, Durango
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Notes

  1. Last surviving native speaker.
  2. Last surviving native speaker; some children still learn it as a second language.
  3. Brother of Lenape traditionalist and language preservation activist Nora Thompson Dean
  4. The last full-blooded Selkʼnam Indian, but some have suggested certain people remained fluent in the language until the 1980s.
  5. Last attested speaker of a Chumashan language
  6. Last member of the Yahi, the last surviving group of the Yana people who spoke Yana
  7. Considered to be the last fluent speaker of a Tasmanian language.
  8. Considered to be the last full-blood speaker of a Tasmanian language;[229] however, Fanny Cochrane Smith, who spoke one of the Tasmanian languages, outlived her.
  9. Last full-blooded speaker, though partial knowledge of this language continued among mixed Cayuga-Tutelo descendants for some time.
  10. Possibly the last fluent native speaker of the Cornish language, was monoglot until her twenties. See Last speaker of the Cornish language.
  11. Last person known to speak, read, and write in Khitan.

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