Free Resources on Endangered Languages Archives

Judeo-Tat: The Endangered Jewish Language of the Caucasus

TL;DR: Judeo-Tat is an endangered Iranian Jewish language shaped by Persian, Hebrew, and life in the Caucasus, once central to

TL;DR: Votic is one of Europe’s most endangered languages, now spoken by only a handful of elderly speakers after decades

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

TL;DR: Xinca is a distinct Indigenous language and people of southeastern Guatemala who were wrongly pushed out of the national

TL;DR: Cornish didn’t die; it was pushed out. Then brought back. After centuries of decline, people like Henry Jenner and

TL;DR: What if a language worked with almost no sounds? Rotokas proves it can. Spoken on Bougainville Island, the Rotokas

TL;DR: Kallawaya isn’t a language for everyday life. It’s a language for healing. Spoken by itinerant healers in the Bolivian