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"Linguists predict that over half of the almost 7,000 languages spoken in the world today will disappear by the end of the century. According to Ethnologue, 473 languages currently are close to extinction. In the Americas alone, 182 are endangered. The Rosetta Project created this map to highlight the near-extinct languages in Africa and the Americas. They are working to update the map to include the entire world."

Professor Daniel Everett, author of Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes, discusses the importance of preserving dying languages. He describes his experience living with the Piraha people in Brazil, and explores what Piraha, both the people and the language, can teach us about human nature.

Coptic or Coptic Egyptian[7] (ⲘⲉⲧⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ Met Remenkēmi) is the final stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the seventeenth century. It was supplanted by Egyptian Arabic as a spoken language toward the early modern period, though revitalization efforts have been underway since the nineteenth century. The number of people who speak Coptic today reaches around 300.

Our mission is to address the critical point of Dakota language loss in Minnesota by developing a cadre of Dakota language learners, speakers, and teachers.

Learn about National Geographic's Enduring Voices Project, working to document endangered languages. Get language facts, photos, map, and more.

Great Page on Australian language, Australian English, Aboriginal English, and if you are Australian you are invited to record your voice to contribute to their research.

Las lenguas del mundo / Language Planisphere

"The Rosetta Project is a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to build a publicly accessible digital library of human languages."

h! My friends the Somali Language is very perplexed Its all anxiety in its present condition The values of its words and expressions are being gagged by its own people Its very back and hips are broken, and it accuses its own speakers for neglect

Silbo Gomero is a whistled language used on the beautiful Spanish island of La Gomera in the Canary Islands. We from busuu.com - the language learning community, are committed to contributing to the diversity of languages all over the world.