Free Resources on Endangered Languages Archives

Yuchi: The Unique Language with No Known Relatives

Most languages belong to families. The Yuchi language, however, doesn’t. Spoken by a small Native American community in the United

The Māori language, te reo Māori, is more than a way to communicate. It is a living expression of history,

Most visitors to Vanuatu hear urban Bislama, practical, simplified, and shaped by town life. But beyond the cities, Bislama sounds

Spoken by a small community in eastern Ghana, Tuwuli is a rare language carrying generations of history and identity. But

Archi is often described as one of the world’s most intricate languages. This is because of the extraordinary amount of

The Sarikoli language is a critically endangered Eastern Iranian language. It is spoken by the Pamiris people of the Pamir

Makuva is disappearing. Not with a dramatic final speaker, but through gradual neglect, pressure, and erasure. Once spoken along the

Mapoyo is a language on the edge of silence. Once spoken along the banks of the Orinoco in southern Venezuela.

Pazeh is one of the rarest and most overlooked languages in the world, yet its story reveals far more than

What would happen if the world’s royals spoke only Indigenous languages. It’s a simple question, but it opens the door