List of languages by time of extinction

This is a list of extinct languages sorted by their time of extinction. A language is determined to be extinct when its last native or fluent speaker dies. When the exact time of death of the last remaining speaker is not known, either an approximate time or the date when the language was last being recorded is given.

List

21st century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
4 April 2020SareGreat AndamaneseAndaman Islands, Indiawith the death of Licho[1]
23 March 2019NgandiArnhemNorthern Territory, Australiawith the death of C. W. Daniels[2][3]
4 January 2019TehuelcheChonanPatagonia, Argentinawith the death of Dora Manchado[4][5]
9 December 2016MandanSiouanNorth Dakota, United Stateswith the death of Edwin Benson[6]
30 August 2016WichitaCaddoanOklahoma, United Stateswith the death of Doris McLemore[7]
29 July 2016Gugu ThaypanPama-NyunganQueensland, Australiawith the death of Tommy George[8]
February 2016Nuchatlaht dialect of Nuu-chah-nulthWakashanBritish Columbia, Canadawith the death of Alban Michael[9]
by 2016AmurdagIwaidjanNorthern Territory, Australiawith the death of Charlie Mungulda[10][11]
4 February 2014KlallamSalishanWashington, United Stateswith the death of Hazel Sampson[12][notes 1]
5 June 2013LivonianUralic > FinnicLatviawith the death of Grizelda Kristina[13][notes 2]
26 March 2013YurokAlgicCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Archie Thompson[14]
2 October 2012Cromarty dialect of ScotsGermanicNorthern Scotland, United Kingdomwith the death of Bobby Hogg[15]
11 July 2012Upper ChinookChinookanOregon, United Stateswith the death of Gladys Thompson[16]
10 March 2012HolikachukNa-DeneAlaska, United Stateswith the death of Wilson "Tiny" Deacon[17]
ca. 2012DhungalooPama-NyunganQueensland, Australiawith the death of Roy Hatfield[18]
by 2012MardijkerPortuguese-based CreoleJakarta, Indonesiawith the death of Oma Mimi Abrahams[19]
10 April 2011ApiakáTupianMato Grosso, Brazilwith the death of Pedrinho Kamassuri [20]
2011Lower ArrerntePama-NyunganNorthern Territory, Australiawith the death of Brownie Doolan Perrurle[21]
24 October 2010PazehAustronesianTaiwanwith the death of Pan Jin-yu[22]
20 August 2010Cochin Indo-Portuguese CreolePortuguese-based CreoleSouthern Indiawith the death of William Rozario[22]
26 January 2010Aka-BoAndamaneseAndaman Islands, Indiawith the death of Boa Sr.[23]
November 2009Aka-KoraAndamaneseAndaman Islands, Indiawith the death of Ms. Boro[24]
2009Aka-JeruAndamaneseAndaman Islands, India[25]
2009NyawaygiPama-NyunganQueensland, Australiawith the death of Willie Seaton[26]
by 2009MuruwariPama-NyunganQueensland and New South Wales, Australia[27]
by 2009AgavotaguerraArawakanBrazil[28]
by 2009ArikemTupianBrazil[29]
by 2009KaripúnaTupianBrazil[30]
by 2009Pataxó Hã-Ha-HãeunclassifiedBrazil[31]
by 2009AribwatsaMalayo-PolynesianPapua New Guinea[32]
by 2009LelakMalayo-PolynesianSarawak, Malaysia
by 2009Papora-HoanyaAustronesianTaiwan[33]
by 2009WarluwaraPama-NyunganAustralia
after April 2008DuraSino-TibetanNepalwith the death of Soma Devi Dura[34]
21 January 2008EyakNa-DeneAlaska, United Stateswith the death of Marie Smith Jones[35]
2008Plains ApacheNa-Dene > AthabaskanOklahoma, United Stateswith the death of Alfred Chalepah Jr.
10 August 2007Gros VentreAlgic > AlgonquianMontana, United Stateswith the death of Theresa Lamebull[36][37]
ca. 2007JavindoDutch-based creoleJava, Indonesia[38]
by 2007HpunSino-Tibetan > BurmishMyanmar[39]
by 2007HotiAustronesian > Central–Eastern Malayo-PolynesianSeram, Indonesia
11 July 2006Wasco dialect of Upper ChinookChinookanOregon, United Stateswith the death of Madeline Brunoe McInturff[40]
after 2005WhulshootseedSalishanWashington, United Stateswith the death of Ellen Williams [41][42]
2005Berbice Creole DutchDutch-based creoleGuyanawith the death of Bertha Bell[43]
2005OsageSiouanOklahoma, United Stateswith the death of Lucille Roubedeaux[44]
by 2005Barrow PointPama-NyunganQueensland, Australiawith the death of Urwunjin Roger Hart[45]
2004Nüshu scriptunclassifiedHunan, Chinawith the death of Yang Huanyi[46][47]
ca. 2004 (?) Duli Niger-Congo > Adamawa Cameroon [48]
29 December 2003Akkala SamiUralic > SamiKola Peninsula, Russiawith the death of Marja Sergina[49][50]
14 September 2003Klamath-ModocPenutianOregon, United Stateswith the death of Neva Eggsman[51][52]
2003Garig IlgarPama-NyunganNorthern Territory, Australia[53]
2003WintuWintuanCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Flora Jones[54]
by 2003AlngithPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia
by 2003ArebaPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[55]
by 2003AtampayaPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[56]
by 2003UmbindhamuPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[57]
31 August 2002UnamiAlgic > AlgonquianDelaware, United Stateswith the death of Edward Thompson[58][notes 3]
23 May 2002GaagudjuArnhem Land languagesNorthern Territory, Australiawith the death of Big Bill Neidjie[59]
2002 Serrano Uto-Aztecan California, United States with the death of Dorothy Ramon
c. 2001Rennellese Sign LanguageUnclassifiedSolomon Islandswith the death of Kagobai
by 2001AmanayéTupianBrazil[60]

20th century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
20th-21st century (?)AyabadhuPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[61]
20th-21st century (?)Aghu TharnggalaPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[61]
20th-21st century (?)AdithinngithighPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia
20th-21st century (?)ArritinngithighPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia
20th-21st century (?)GurnaiPama-NyunganVictoria, Australianow being revived[61]
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[62]
late 20th century (?)SeruaAustronesianMount Serua, IndonesiaSpeakers were relocated to Seram due to volcanic activity on Serua [63]
late 20th centuryNewfoundland IrishCelticNewfoundland, Canada[64]
ca. 2000MesmesSemiticEthiopiawith the death of Abegaz[65][66]
ca. 2000KamarianAustronesianwest Seram Island, Indonesia
2000SowaMalayo-PolynesianPentecost Island, Vanuatuwith the death of Maurice Tabi[67]
late 1990sMunichiunclassifiedLoreto Region, Peruwith the death of Victoria Huancho Icahuate
1999NyulnyulPama-NyunganAustraliawith the death of Carmel Charles [68]
by 1999IneseñoChumashanCalifornia, United States[69]
1998MlahsôSemiticSyria; Turkeywith the death of Ibrahim Hanna[70]
by 1998Skepi Creole DutchDutch-based creoleGuyana[71]
1997-98NgarnkaPama-NyunganAustralia
January 1997Sireniki YupikEskimo–AleutChukotka Peninsula, Russiawith the death of Valentina Wye[72]
ca. 1996 (?) Malaryan Dravidian Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India [73]
1996Iowa-OtoSiouanOklahoma and Kansas, United Stateswith the death of Truman Washington Dailey[74]
by 1996KatabagaMalayo-PolynesianThe Philippines[75]
by 1996PalumataAustronesianMaluku, Indonesia[76]
before 1996 Seru Malayo-Polynesian Sarawak, Malaysia [77]
5 November 1995KasabeNiger–CongoCameroonwith the death of Bogon[78]
6 August 1995MartuthuniraPama-NyunganWestern Australiawith the death of Algy Paterson[79]
after 1994Aka-CariAndamaneseAndaman Islands, India[80]
30 April 1994Sakhalin AinuAinu languagesJapanwith the death of Take Asai[81]
1994Northern PomoPomoan (Hokan?)California, United States

with the death of Edna Guerrero

1993AndoaZaparoanPeru[82]
1993Eastern AbnakiAlgic > AlgonquianMaine, United Stateswith the death of Madeline Shay[83][84]
7 October 1992UbykhNorthwest CaucasianBalıkesir Province, Turkeywith the death of Tevfik Esenç[85]
1991Roncalese (Erronkariko) dialectBasque (language isolate)Spainwith the death of Fidela Bernat[86]
1991PánoboPanoanPeru[87]
1990ShastaShastanCalifornia, United States
1990WappoYuki–WappoCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Laura Fish Somersal[88]
ca. 1990sLumaete dialect of KayeliMalayo-Polynesiancentral Maluku, Indonesia[89]
ca. 1990sTaman variety of SakSino-TibetanMyanmar[90]
1990sUnggumiWorrorraAustraliawith the death of Morndi Munro[91]
March 1989Leliali dialect of KayeliMalayo-Polynesiancentral Maluku, Indonesia[89][92]
ca. 1989HukuminaAustronesianMaluku, Indonesia[93]
1989KamassianUralic > SamoyedicSayan Mountains, Soviet Unionwith the death of Klavdiya Plotnikova
1989Miami-IllinoisAlgic > Algonquianalong the Mississippi River, United States
1989KungarakanyGunwinyguanNorthern Territory, Australiawith the death of Madeline England[92][94]
1988AtsugewiPalaihnihanCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Medie Webster[95]
1988NooksackSalishanWashington, United Stateswith the death of Sindick Jimmy [92]
1988ǁXegwiTuuSouth Africawith the death of Jopi Mabinda[96]
ca. 1987BidyaraPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[97]
ca. 1987LauaTrans-New GuineaPapua New Guinea
4 February 1987CupeñoChumashanCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Roscinda Nolasquez[98]
1987 Dyangadi Pama-Nyungan New South Wales, Australia [99]
1987NegerhollandsDutch-based creoleU.S. Virgin Islandswith the death of Alice Stevens
1987Basa-GumnaNiger-Congo > Benue-CongoNiger State/Plateau State, Nigeria[100]
by 1987YugambalPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[101]
ca. 1986BikyaNiger-Congo > Benue-CongoCameroon
ca. 1986BishuoNiger-Congo > Benue-CongoCameroon
1986Jiwarli dialect, ManthartaPama-NyunganAustraliawith the death of Jack Butler[102]
1986MangalaPama-NyunganWestern Australia[103]
1986VolowAustronesianVanuatuwith the death of Wanhan[104]
1984YaviteroArawakanVenezuela[92][105]
1984Deeside dialect, Scottish GaelicCelticScotlandwith the death of Jean Bain[106]
February 1983 Antrim dialect, Irish Celtic Ireland with the death of Séamus Bhriain Mac Amhlaig[107][108]
ca. 1983YangmanAustralianNorthern Territory, Australia[109]
1983 Kansa Siouan Oklahoma, United States with the death of Walter Kekahbah[110]
1982DagomanAustralianNorthern Territory, Australiawith the death of Martha Hart[111]
by 1982DyugunAustralianWestern Australia[112]
by 1982KatoNa-Dene > AthabaskanCalifornia, United States[113]
after 1981DirariPama-NyunganSouth Australia[114]
after 1981DyaberdyaberPama-NyunganWestern Australia[115][116]
after 1981ErreAustralianNorthern Territory, Australia[117]
after 1981UmbugarlaArnhem Land languages or Darwin Region languagesNorthern Territory, Australiawith the death of Butcher Knight
after 1981YawarawargaPama-NyunganQueensland and South Australia[118]
ca. 1981TernateñoPortuguese CreoleMaluku, Indonesia[119]
1981 Warrungu Pama-Nyungan Queensland, Australia with the death of Alf Palmer[120][121]
1980TwanaSalishanWashington, United States[92][122]
1980YalarnngaPama-NyunganAustralia
late 1970s - 1980s[116]Flinders IslandPama-NyunganAustralialast known speaker was Johnny Flinders[120]
between 1971 and 1981KwadiKhoesouthwestern Angola[123]
1970s – 1980sChicomuceltecMayanMexico; Guatemala
after 1979Pitta PittaPama-NyunganQueensland, Australiawith the deaths of Ivy Nardoo of Boulia and Linda Craigie of Mount Isa[124]
1979 Barranbinja Pama-Nyungan New South Wales, Australia with the death of Emily Margaret Horneville
3 November 1977ShuaditRomancesouthern Francewith the death of Armand Lunel[92][125]
24 August 1977NgawunPama-NyunganQueensland, Australiawith the death of Cherry O'Keefe[126]
ca. 1977NagumiNiger-Congo > Benue-CongoCameroon [127]
between 1976 and 1999Kw'adzaCushiticTanzania[128]
after 1976MuskumChadicwestern Chad[129]
1976AasáxCushiticTanzania[130]
1975HomaBantusouthern Sudan[131]
1975YughYeniseiancentral Siberia, Soviet Union[92][132]
27 December 1974ManxCelticIsle of Man, United Kingdomwith the death of Ned Maddrell. Now being revived as a second language[133]
28 May 1974OnaChonTierra del Fuego, Argentinawith the death of Ángela Loij[notes 4]
1974MokselaMalayo-PolynesianMaluku, Indonesia[134]
before 1974CacaoperaMisumalpanEl Salvador[135]
1972HanisPenutianOregon, United Stateswith the death of Martha Harney Johnson[136]
1972MbabaramPama-NyunganQueensland, Australiawith the death of Albert Bennett[137]
1970TillamookSalishanOregon, United States[92]
1968Welsh-RomaniRomaniWales, United Kingdomwith the death of Manfri Wood[138]
before 1968SenedBerberTunisia
after 1965BarngarlaPama-Nyungansouthern Australiawith the death of Moonie Davis[139]
1965BarbareñoChumashanCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Mary Yee[140][notes 5]
1965NatchezisolateMississippi, United States[141] with the deaths of Nancy Raven[142] and Watt Sam. The Natchez people are attempting to revive this language.[143]
1965WakawakaPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia[144]
ca. 1964AariyaspuriousIndia[145]
1963GaliceNa-Dene > AthabaskanOregon, United Stateswith the death of Hoxie Simmons
1963JoráTupiBolivia[92]
1962WiyotAlgicCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Delia Prince[146]
after 1961WyandotIroquoianOklahoma, United States; Quebec, Canada
1960Oriel dialect, IrishCelticIrelandwith the death of Annie O'Hanlon[147][148]
1960SiuslawPenutianOregon, United Stateswith the death of Mary Barrett Elliott. Last speaker of Lower Umpqua dialect was Billy Dick[136]
ca. 1960sPirlatapaPama-NyunganSouth Australia[149]
1960sTimor PidginPortuguese creoleEast Timor[150]
1959CatawbaSiouanSouth Carolina, United Stateswith the death of Chief Sam Blue[151]
1958Salinanisolate (Hokan?)California, United States
1958MolalaPenutianOregon, United Stateswith the death of Fred Yelkes[136]
1958OmuranoZaparoanPeru[92][152]
after 1955Wotapuri-KatarqalaiIndo-AryanAfghanistan[153]
after 1954Tây BồiFrench-based PidginVietnam[154][155]
1954Central KalapuyaKalapuyanOregon, United Stateswith the death of John B. Hudson[136]
1954IfoMalayo-PolynesianErromanga Island, Vanuatuwith the death of James Nalig[156]
1952Martha's Vineyard Sign LanguageSign languageMassachusetts, United Stateswith the death of Katie West
1951AlseaPenutianOregon, United Stateswith the death of John Albert[136]
ca. 1950Bohemian Romanimixed languageCzechoslovakia, Central Europeafter World War II, due to extermination of most of its speakers in Nazi concentration camps.
1950KanietMalayo-PolynesianManus Province, Papua New Guinea[92][157]
ca. 1950sPijaounclassifiedColombia[158]
mid-20th centuryVentureñoChumashanCalifornia, United States
mid-20th centuryBasayAustronesianTaiwan
mid-20th centurySlovincianSlavicPomerania, Poland
mid-20th centuryTunicaisolateLouisiana, United Stateswith the death of Sesostrie Youchigant[159]
after 1949KunzaunclassifiedAtacama Desert, Chile/Peru
after 1947GafatSemiticalong the Abbay River, Ethiopia[160]
after 1942Upper UmpquaNa-Dene > AthabaskanOregon, United Stateswith the death of Wolverton Orton
1940ChitimachaisolateLouisiana, United Stateswith the death of Delphine Ducloux[161]
1940PentlatchSalishanVancouver Island, Canadawith the death of Joe Nimnim[92]
ca. 1940sChemakumChimakuanWashington, United States
1939RumsenPenutianCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Isabel Meadows[162]
1939MilukPenutianOregon, United Stateswith the death of Annie Miner Peterson[163]
1939Northern KalapuyaKalapuyanOregon, United Stateswith the death of Annie Miner Peterson[163]
1937YoncallaKalapuyanOregon, United Stateswith the death of Laura Blackery Albertson[164]
1937KitanemukUto-AztecanCalifornia, United Stateswith the deaths of Marcelino Rivera, Isabella Gonzales, and Refugia Duran
1936NarunggaPama-NyunganSouth Australia, Australia[165]
after 1934BiloxiSiouanLouisiana, United Stateswith the death of Emma Jackson[166]
1934JuaneñoUto-AztecanCalifornia, United States
1934PuelcheChonArgentinawith the death of Trruúlmani
1934TakelmaisolateOregon, United Stateswith the death of Frances Johnson[167]
1933GabrielinoUto-AztecanCalifornia, United States
between 1931 and 1951Akar-BaleAndamaneseAndaman Islands, India[168]
between 1931 and 1951Aka-KedeAndamaneseAndaman Islands, India[168]
between 1931 and 1951A-PucikwarAndamaneseAndaman Islands, India[168]
after 1931TonkawaisolateOklahoma/Texas/New Mexico, United States
1931KaurnaPama-NyunganSouth Australiawith the death of Ivaritji,[169] now being revived
by 1931Aka-BeaAndamaneseAndaman Islands, India[168]
by 1931Oko-JuwoiAndamaneseAndaman Islands, India[168]
ca. 1930MattoleNa-Dene > AthabaskanCalifornia, United States
1930MutsunPenutianCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Ascencion Solorsano
ca. 1930sCayuseisolate/unclassifiedOregon, United States
ca. 1930sKathlametPenutianWashington/Oregon, United Stateswith the death of Charles Cultee[136]
ca. 1930sLower ChinookPenutianWashington/Oregon, United States
ca. 1930sMahicanAlgic > AlgonquianNew York, United States
ca. 1930sClackamas dialect of Upper ChinookPenutianWashington/Oregon, United States
ca. 1930sKitsaiCaddoanOklahoma, United Stateswith the death of Kai Kai[170]
between 1920 and 1940AjawaChadicBauchi State, Nigeria[171]
ca. 1929Bear RiverNa-Dene > AthabaskanCalifornia, USA
after 1925SubtiabaOto-Manguean or Subtiaba-TlapanecNicaragua
January 1922ChimarikoisolateCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Sally Noble[172][173]
after 1921ChagataiTurkicCentral Asia including Turkmenistan[174]
by 1921Aka-KolAndamaneseAndaman Islands, India[175]
ca. 1920MochicaChimuannorthwest Peru
ca. 1920sFergana KipchakTurkicFergana Valley
ca. 1920sChochenyoPenutianCalifornia, United States
ca. 1920sIsland CaribCaribanLesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea
by 1920YupiltepequeXincanGuatemala[176]
after 1917PochutecUto-AztecanOaxaca, Mexico
1917ObispeñoChumashanSouthern California, United Stateswith the death of Rosario Cooper[177]
1916Yahiisolate (Hokan?)California, United Stateswith the death of Ishi[178][notes 6]
1915Yamhill dialect of Northern KalapuyaKalapuyanOregon, United States
before 1913TataviamUto-AztecanCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Juan José Fustero
1910KwalhioquaNa-Dene > AthabaskanWashington, United States
after 1908SirayaAustronesiansouthwestern Taiwan[179]
1908Mohegan-PequotAlgic > Algonquiansouthern New England, United Stateswith the death of Fidelia Fielding[180]
1905TasmanianunclassifiedTasmania, Australiawith the death of Fanny Cochrane Smith[181][182][notes 7]
after 1902 Dyirringany Pama–Nyungan New South Wales, Australia
between 1900 and 1920JangilOnganAndaman Islands, India[183]
ca. 1900Henniker Sign LanguageVillage signNew Hampshire, United States
ca. 1900MoranSino-TibetanAssam, India[184]
1900WulguruPama-NyunganAustralia
by 1900Classical MandaicSemiticIran; Iraq[185]
early 20th centuryAtakapaisolateLouisiana/Texas, United States
early 20th centuryJersey DutchDutch-based creoleNew Jersey, United States
early 20th centuryKazukuruMalayo-PolynesianNew Georgia, Solomon Islands
early 20th centuryKyakhta Russian–Chinese PidginChinese/Russian-based contact language
early 20th centuryChanáCharruanUruguay
early 20th century East Leinster dialect, Irish Celtic Ireland [186]
20th century ǀXam Tuu South Africa

19th century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
late 19th centuryAdaiisolateLouisiana, United States
late 19th centuryIstrian AlbanianAlbanianCroatia
later 19th century (?)MbaraPama-NyunganAustralia[187]
ca. 1899NawathinehenaAlgic > AlgonquianOklahoma and Wyoming, United States[188]
by 1899AhomTaiIndia
by 1899 Waling Sino-Tibetan Nepal [189]
10 June 1898DalmatianRomanceCroatia; Montenegrowith the death of Tuone Udaina[190][191]
1898MorioriMalayo-PolynesianChatham Island, New Zealandwith the death of Hirawanu Tapu[192]
after 1894TsetsautNa-Dene > AthabaskanBritish Columbia, Canada
after 1892AwabakalPama-NyunganQueensland, Australia
1886ComecrudoComecrudanMexico; Texas, United States
1886CotonameisolateMexico; Texas, United States
1884YaquinaPenutianOregon, United States
after 1880Kenaboiunclassified (Language isolate?)Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
ca. 1880AuregnaisRomanceAlderney, United Kingdom
1877AruáArauanBrazil
8 May 1876Bruny IslandTasmanianTasmania, Australiawith the death of Truganini[notes 8]
mid-1870sYolaGermanicWexford, Ireland[194]
1871TuteloSiouanVirginia, United Stateswith the death of Nikonha[195][notes 9]
1870ClatskanieNa-Dene > AthabaskanWashington (state), United States
after 1867AndoqueroWitotoanColombia[196]
1864XakriabáGeMinas Gerais state, Brazil
1862CaquetioArawakanArubawith the death of Nicolaas Pyclas[197]
1858KarankawaunclassifiedTexas, United States
ca. 1857WoiwurrungPama-NyunganVictoria, Australia
ca. 1855WampanoagAlgic > AlgonquianMassachusetts, United StatesNantucket Wampanoag disappeared with the death of Dorcas Honorable[198]
after 1853 Samaritan Semitic West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Palestinian territories [199]
October 19, 1853NicoleñoUto-AztecanCalifornia, United Stateswith the death of Juana Maria[200]
1850NornNorth GermanicNorthern Isles, United Kingdomwith the death of Walter Sutherland[201][202]
mid-19th centuryShinnecockAlgic > AlgonquianNew York, United States
ca. 1850sKottYeniseiancentral Siberia, Russia[132]
ca. 1840sMatorUralic > SamoyedicSayan Mountains, Russia
1840sNanticokeAlgic > AlgonquianDelaware and Maryland, United Stateswith the death of Lydia Clark[203]
after 1839GulidjanPama-NyunganVictoria, Australia
after 1836WathawurrungPama-NyunganVictoria, Australia
1836NottowayIroquoianVirginia, United States
after 1835 Pali Indo-Aryan India; Myanmar [204]
after 1833Esselenisolate (Hokan?)California, United States
after 1832 Charrúa language Charruan languages Entre Ríos Province and Uruguay
after 1832 Guenoa language Charruan languages Entre Ríos Province and Uruguay
6 June 1829BeothukAlgic > Algonquian?Newfoundland, Canadawith the death of Shanawdithit[205]
1828GarzaComecrudanMexico
1828MamuliqueComecrudanNuevo León, Mexico
1821KarkinPenutianCalifornia, United States
after 1819 Peerapper Tasmanian Tasmania, Australia
10 April 1815Tamboraunclassified (Papuan)Sumbawafollowing the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora[206]
after 1808NuennoneTasmanianTasmania, Australia
ca. 1803BunwurrungPama-NyunganVictoria, Australia
ca. 1800PallanganmiddangPama-NyunganVictoria, Australia
ca. 19th centuryCrimean GothicGermanicCrimea, Russia
ca. 19th centuryAssanYeniseiancentral Siberia, Russia[132]
ca. 19th centurySandy River Valley Sign LanguageMartha's Vineyard Sign Language or isolateMaine, United States
19th centuryMediterranean Lingua FrancaRomance-based PidginTunisia; Greece; Cyprus[207]
19th centuryChorotegaOto-MangueanCosta Rica; Nicaragua[208]
19th centuryMatagalpaMisumalpanNicaragua
19th centuryRamaytushPenutianCalifornia, United States
19th centuryKemi SamiUralic > SamiLapland, Finland[209]
early 19th centuryCochimíYuman-Cochimi (Hokan?)Baja California, Mexico
early 19th centuryYuratsSamoyediccentral Siberia, Russia
early 19th centuryWila'AustroasiaticBorneo, Malaysia
early 19th centuryPumpokolYeniseiancentral Siberia, Russia[132]

18th century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
late 18th centuryEsumaKwasouthern Côte d'Ivoire[210]
after 1791EoraPama-NyunganQueensland and New South Wales, Australia[211]
after 1791QuiripiAlgic > AlgonquianConnecticut/New York/New Jersey, United States[212]
ca. 1790sPowhatanAlgic > Algonquianeastern Virginia, United States
after 1788GundungurraPama-NyunganNew South Wales, Australia[213]
after 1788NgunnawalPama-NyunganNew South Wales, Australia[213]
after 1788ThurawalPama-NyunganNew South Wales, Australia[213]
26 December 1777CornishCelticCornwall, Englandwith the death of Dolly Pentreath[214][notes 10]
after 1770WeytounclassifiedEthiopia
1770CumanTurkicnorth of Black Sea; Hungarywith the death of István Varró
ca. 1770sAbipónMataco–GuaicuruArgentina
1763SusquehannockIroquoianMaryland/Virginia, United States
1760Galwegian dialect, Scottish GaelicCelticScotland, United Kingdomwith the death of Margaret McMurray
1756PolabianSlavicaround the Elbe river, Poland/Germany[215]
ca. 1730sArinYeniseiancentral Siberia, Russia[132]
18th CenturyPlateau Sign LanguageContact pidginColumbia Plateau, United States
18th centuryCoahuiltecoisolate/unclassifiedMexico; Texas, United States
18th centuryEtcheminAlgic > AlgonquianMaine, United States
18th centuryChibchaChibchanColombia
18th centuryHilberno-Scottish GaelicCelticIreland and Scotland, United Kingdom[216]
ca. 18th centuryChanéArawakanArgentinaa dialect of Terêna
early 18th centuryApalacheeMuskogeanFlorida, United States
early 18th centuryOld PrussianBalticPoland

17th century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
between 17th and 19th centuryNiuatoputapuMalayo-PolynesianNiuatoputapu Island, Tonga[217]
late 17th to early 18th centuryCacánunclassifiednorthern Argentina; Chile
by 1700Pidgin DelawareDelaware-based pidginDelaware, United States[218]
late 17th centurySudovianBalticLithuania
after 1666Old Kentish Sign LanguageVillage sign languageKent, England[219]
after 1643NarragansettAlgic > AlgonquianNew England, United States[220]
ca. 1635JurchenTungusicManchuria, China[221]
after 1618LumbeeAlgic > AlgonquianNorth Carolina and Maryland, United States[222]
after 1618Carolina AlgonquianAlgic > AlgonquianNorth Carolina, United States[222]
17th centuryJassicIranianHungary
17th centuryCopticAfro-AsiaticEgyptstill used as a liturgical language
17th centuryCuronianBalticLatvia

16th century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
late 16th centuryKnaanicSlavicCzech Republic; Poland
late 16th centuryLaurentianIroquoianQuebec/Ontario, Canada
after 1548TainoArawakanThe Bahamas and Puerto Rico
after 1502TangutSino-Tibetannorthwestern China; southern Mongolia
16th centurySemigallianBalticLatvia; Lithuania
16th century Guanahatabey Unclassified Pinar del Río Province and Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
16th centuryGuancheunclassified, maybe BerberCanary Islands, Spain[223]

15th century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
end of 15th centuryMozarabicRomanceSpain; Portugal[224]
late 15th centuryGreenlandic NorseGermanicGreenland
late 15th centurySelonianBalticLatvia; Lithuania

14th century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
14th centuryGalindianBalticnorthern Poland; Russia
14th centuryZarphaticRomancenorthern France; west-central Germany

13th century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
13th – 14th centuryBulgarTurkicVolga and Danube, Europe; Central Asia
1243KhitanMongolicCentral Asiawith the death of Yelü Chucai[225][notes 11]
13th centuryPyuSino-Tibetancentral Myanmar

11th and 12th centuries

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
12th centuryKhwarezmianIranianKhwarazm
11th – 12th centuryCumbricCelticEngland/Scotland, United Kingdom
11th – 12th centuryJewish Babylonian AramaicSemiticIraq[226]
between 1000 and 1300KhazarTurkicnorthern Caucasus; Central Asia
ca. 1000LombardicGermaniccentral Europe; northern Italy
ca. 1000MeryaUralicYaroslavl Oblast, Russia
ca. 1000MuromianUralicVladimir Oblast, Russia
ca. 1000AlanicIranianPontic-Caspian steppe, Central Asiaevolved into Ossetian
11th centuryOld Church SlavonicSlavicEastern Europestill used as a liturgical language

10th century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
10th – 12th centurySyriacSemiticTurkey; Iraq; Syriastill used as a literary secular language[227]
10th – 12th centurySamaritan AramaicSemiticWest Bank, Palestine; Israelnow only used as liturgical language[228]
10th centurySakanIranianXinjiang, China
10th centuryHimyariticSemiticYemen
10th centuryZhang-ZhungSino-Tibetanwestern Tibet (Central Asia)

9th century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
9th century or laterPictishCelticScotland, United Kingdom
after 840TocharianIndo-EuropeanTarim Basin (Central Asia)
9th centuryGothicGermanicSpain; Portugal; Italywith the exception of Crimean Gothic
9th century Frankish Germanic France; Germany
9th centurySogdianIranianUzbekistan; Tajikistanevolved partly into Yaghnobi

7th century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
ca. 600AvestanIranianIran[229]
7th centuryGayaUnclassifiedKorea
7th centuryBuyeoUnclassifiedManchuria

6th century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
6th centuryAncient CappadocianIndo-EuropeanAnatolia
6th centuryDacianIndo-EuropeanBalkans
6th centuryIllyrianIndo-Europeanwestern Balkansdisputed
6th centurySabaeanSemiticHorn of Africa; Arabic Peninsula
6th centuryVandalicGermanicSpain; North Africa
6th centuryGaulishCelticGaul: France, Belgium, Germany and elsewhere

5th century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
5th – 7th centuryPhrygianIndo-Europeansoutheastern Bulgaria; Anatolia
5th – 6th centuryHadramauticSemiticDhofar Mountains
before 6th centuryLigurianunclassified, possibly Celtic or Indo-Europeannorthwestern Italy; southeastern France[230]
after 453Hunnicunclassified, possibly Oghuricfrom the Eurasian steppe into Europe
ca. 400Meroiticunclassified, maybe Nilo-SaharanSudan
ca. 400SarmatianIranianPontic-Caspian steppe, Central Asiaevolved into Alanic
5th centuryThracianIndo-Europeaneastern and central Balkans
5th centuryIsaurianAnatolianAnatolia
early 5th centuryPunicSemiticNorth Africa

4th century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
4th century CEGalatianCelticcentral Anatolia
4th century CEGe'ezSemiticEthiopia; Eritreastill used as a liturgical language[231]
4th century CEBiblical HebrewSemiticIsrael (as a part of Roman Palestine)revived in the 1880s
after 300 CEParthianIranianIran

3rd century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
3rd century CERaeticunclassified, maybe Tyrsenianeastern Alps

2nd century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
after 2nd century CENoricCelticAustria; Slovenia
after 2nd century CEPisidianAnatoliansouthwestern Anatolia
after 150BactrianIranianAfghanistan
ca. 100 CEAkkadianSemiticMesopotamia[232]
100 CEEtruscanTyrseniancentral Italy
ca. 2nd century CECeltiberianCelticSpain
2nd century CELusitanianIndo-EuropeanPortugal; Spain

1st century

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
1st – 2nd century CEPaeonianIndo-EuropeanMacedonia; Greece; Bulgaria
1st – 2nd century CEIberianunclassifiedSpain; France
1st century CELiburnianIndo-Europeanwestern Croatia
1st century CEVeneticIndo-Europeannortheastern Italy

1st century BCE

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
1st century BCEElymianunclassifiedwestern Sicily
1st century BCELycianAnatoliansouthwestern Anatolia
1st century BCELydianAnatolianwestern Anatolia
1st century BCEMessapianIndo-EuropeanApulia, Italy
1st century BCEMysianAnatoliannorthwestern Anatolia
1st century BCEOscanItalicsouthern Italy
1st century BCESabineItaliccentral Italy
1st century BCESicanianunclassifiedcentral Sicily
1st century BCESicelIndo-Europeaneastern Sicily
1st century BCEUmbrianItaliccentral Italy
early 1st millennium BCEEteocretanisolate/unclassifiedCrete, Greece
1st millennium BCEMilyanAnatolianAnatolia

2nd century BCE

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
100 BCEVestinianItaliceast-central Italy
ca. 150 BCEFaliscanItalicTuscany/Latium, Italy

3rd century BCE

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
ca. 3rd century BCEVolscianItalicItaly; Latium
ca. 3rd century BCEAequianItalicLatium, east-central Italy
ca. 3rd century BCESideticAnatoliansouthwestern Anatolia
3rd century BCECarianAnatoliansouthwestern Anatolia

4th century BCE

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
early 4th century BCEEteocypriotisolate/unclassifiedCyprus
4th century BCEAncient MacedonianIndo-Europeannortheastern Greece
ca. 300 BCEPhilistineunclassified, maybe Indo-EuropeanPalestine; Lebanon
ca. 300 BCEScythianIranianPontic-Caspian steppe, Central Asiaevolved into Sarmatian
ca. 350 BCEElamiteisolatePersia; southern Mesopotamia

5th century BCE

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
after 5th century BCETartessianunclassifiedSpain
5th century BCEAmmoniteSemiticnorthwestern Jordan
5th century BCEMoabiteSemiticnorthwestern Jordan
maybe 5th century BCEPhoenicianSemiticLebanon; Palestine; Mediterranean coastevolved into Punic
ca. 400 BCELeponticCelticnorthern Italy

6th century BCE

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
after 6th century BCELemnianTyrsenianLemnos, Greece[233]
6th century BCEEdomiteSemiticsouthwestern Jordan

7th century BCE

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
7th century BCEUrartianHurro-UrartianArmenia; Georgia; Iraq; Anatolia
ca. 600 BCELuwianAnatolianAnatolia; northern Syria
ca. 600 BCEEgyptianAfroasiaticAncient Egyptevolved into Demotic by 600 BCE

2nd millennium BCE

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
early 2nd millennium BCESumerianisolateMesopotamiaused as a literary and liturgical language until about 100 CE[234]
2nd millennium BCEEblaiteSemiticSyria
ca. 1100 BCEHittiteAnatolianAnatolia
after 1170 BCEUgariticSemiticSyriafollowing the destruction of Ugarit
ca. 1200 BCEHurrianHurro-UrartianAnatolia; Syria; Mesopotamia
ca. 1300 BCEPalaicAnatoliannorthwest Anatolia
ca. 1500 BCEHatticisolateAnatolia
ca. 1550-1050 BCECypro-MinoanunclassifiedCyprus

Unknown date

DateLanguageLanguage familyRegionNotes
UNKOlmec languageUndetermined; likely a language family from MexicoMexico
UNKBaekje languageKoreanKorea
UNKGoguryeo languageKoreanKorea, China

See also

Notes

  1. Last surviving native speaker; it is being taught as a second language on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State.
  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 Selknam Indian, but some have suggested certain people remained fluent in the languages 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;[193] 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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