| List of endangered languages in Central America An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native speakers, it becomes an extinct language.Central America (Spanish:Centroamérica or América Central) is a central geographic region of the Americas. It is variably defined either as the southern portion of North America, which connects with South America on the southeast, or as a region of the American continent in its own right. List_of_endangered_languages_in_Central_America
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| List of endangered languages in North America An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native speakers, it becomes an extinct language.North America is a continent in the Earth's northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. List_of_endangered_languages_in_North_America
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| List of endangered languages in Asia An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native speakers, it becomes an extinct language. Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. List_of_endangered_languages_in_Asia
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| List of endangered languages in Oceania An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native speakers, it becomes an extinct language. Oceania (sometimes Oceanica) is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous landsislands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term is often used in many languages to define one of the continents and is one of eight terrestrial ecozones. List_of_endangered_languages_in_Oceania
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| List of endangered languages in Europe endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native speakers, it becomes an extinct language. The Unesco red book of endangered languages distinguishes endangered languages with some children speakers at least in part of their range but decreasingly so; seriously endangered languages with a more substantial number of speakers but practically without children among them; nearly extinct languages with maximally tens of speakers, all elderly; SIL Ethnologue lists 12 "nearly extinct" languages of Europe, four of them Saami languages.Unesco red book of endangered languages lists nine as "nearly extinct", 26 as "seriously endangered" and 38 as "endangered". List_of_endangered_languages_in_Europe
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| Huambisa language Huambisa, Huambiza, or Wambisa is the language of the native Huambisas of Perú. It is closely related to the Close to the Achuar-Shiwiar and Aguaruna languages. It has official standing in the area it is spoken. Huambisa_language
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| Iwal language Iwal (also called Kaiwa from Jabêm Kai Iwac 'Iwac highlanders') is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1,900 people from nine villages in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea (Cobb & Wroge 1990). Although it appears most closely related to the South Huon Gulf languages, it is the most conservative member of its subgroup. Iwal_language
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| Toba Batak language The Batak Toba language is an Austronesian language that originates from Northern Sumatra, in Indonesia, mostly west of Lake Toba. There are approximately 2,000,000 speakers worldwide. There is a traditional Batak Toba script alphabet referenced below.Herman Neubronner van der Tuuk was involved in translating the Bible into Toba Batak. Toba_Batak_language
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| Wayuu language This article is about the language spoken in South America; for the language of Nepal, see Wayu language.The Wayuu language (Wayuuwayuunaiki) is spoken by 305,000 indigenous Wayuu people in northwestern Venezuela and northeastern Colombia on the Guajira Peninsula.Wayuu is part of the Maipurean linguistic family predominant in different parts of the Caribbean. Wayuu_language
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| Araona Araona or Cavina is an indigenous language spoken by the South American Araona people; about 90% of the 90 Araona people are fluent (W. Adelaar). Use of the language amongst the tribe is considered vigorous although Spanish knowledge is increasing. The Araonans live in the headwaters of the Manupari river in northwest Bolivia. Their language has a dictionary and portions of the Bible have been translated into Araona. Araona
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| 'Are'are ‘Are‘are is the name of a people from the south of the island of Malaita, which is part of the Solomon Islands. Their language is the 'Are'are language, which part of the Austronesian language family. In 1999 there were an estimated 17,800 speakers,, up from about 8-9,000 in the 1970s.Prior to colonisation and subsequent independence, the 'Are'are occupied a much larger geographical area encompassing parts of Guadalcanal and Makira, as well as Malaita. 'Are'are
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| Avokaya language Avokaya (also spelled Abukeia, Avukaya, or, in Arabic script, ) is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Sudan and parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Avokaya speakers occupy a contiguous area along both sides of the international boundary, with Maridi in Sudan and Faradje in Congo as the main centres of the language. Avokaya_language
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| WikiProject Ethnic groups/Archive 3 Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ethnic_groups/Archive_3
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| Portuguese language/Archive 6 Talk:Portuguese_language/Archive_6
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| English language English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and of the United States since the late 19th century, it has become the lingua franca in many parts of the world. It is used extensively as a second language and as an official language in Commonwealth countries and many international organizations. English_language
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| Numbami language Numbami (also known as Siboma or Sipoma) is an Austronesian language spoken by about 300 people with ties to a single village in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Numbami is a phonologically conservative isolate within the Huon Gulf languages, and is the last Austronesian language on the south coast of the Huon Gulf. Its nearest relatives along the coast to the southeast are 270Maisin and Arifama-Miniafia in Oro Province (Northern Province in the former colony of Papua). Numbami_language
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| Boruca language Boruca language (also known as Bronka or Bronca) is the native language of the Boruca people of Costa Rica. It is one of the Chibchan languages. It is nearly extinct; it was spoken fluently by only five women in 1986, while 30 to 35 others spoke it nonfluently. The rest of the tribe's 1,000 members speak Spanish. Boruca_language
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| Aguaruna language Aguaruna is an indigenous American language of the Jivaroan family spoken by about 45,000 Aguaruna people in Peru. The speakers live along the western portion of the Marañón River and also along the Potro, Mayo, and Cahuapanas rivers. Native speakers currently prefer the name Awajún. Aguaruna_language
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