Free Resources on Endangered Languages Archives

Udi Language: The Endangered Voice of a Vanishing People

Udi isn’t just an endangered language. It’s a living trace of a people whose history stretches back through the Caucasus.

Learning a language like Turoyo can feel frustrating. You can study for weeks, recognise words on a screen, and still

Judeo-Tat rarely makes headlines, yet it carries centuries of history, migration, and faith in every sentence. Spoken by the Mountain

Along the forests and wetlands near Russia’s western edge, a language has been holding on. This is the Votic language,

Once spoken along the windswept shores of the Baltic Sea. Livonian is one of Europe’s quietest linguistic miracles. A language

In 1974, the Manx language was declared dead. When Ned Maddrell, the last known native speaker, died, the language was

Ume Sámi is one of Europe’s quietest language survival stories. For much of the 20th century, it was assumed to

TL;DR: Once declared extinct, the Eyak language is finding its voice again. Through documentation, technology, and community effort. It’s not

The Xinca language was erased from history. Spoken in southeastern Guatemala long before Spanish arrived, Xinca is not a Mayan

Once declared dead, Cornish refused to stay buried. The Cornish language has experienced a remarkable revival in recent years. For