ELL: Dying Languages List

[Carl Rubino]

Here's a list of languages with 5 or less speakers. Hope this helps with
your webpage.
Source: Ethnologue:

If you need the list in another format or want more data, feel free to
write.

Number of Speakers Country Language

5 Argentina PUELCHE
5 Australia BIRI
5 Australia DARLING
5 Australia DYANGADI
5 Australia GANGGALIDA
5 Australia MARTUYHUNIRA
5 Australia PINIGURA
5 Australia YINGGARDA
5 Brazil JABUTI
5 Brazil ORO WIN
5 Costa Rica BORUCA
5 Ecuador ZAPARO
5 Indonesia NAKAELA
5 Papua New Guinea ABAGA
5 Peru CAHUARANO
5 Peru CHAMICURO
5 Solomon Islands LAGHU
5 USA CHEHALIS, LOWER
5 USA CHETCO
5 USA CLALLAM
5 USA MIWOK, CENTRAL SIERRA
5 USA OSAGE
5 USA TOLOWA
5 USA UNAMI
5 Venezuela SAPE
4 Australia ATAMPAYA
4 Australia MARGU
4 Australia MIWA
4 Australia WARAY
4 Guyana BERBICE CREOLE DUTCH
4 Indonesia BONERIF
4 Nigeria HOLMA
4 USA ATSUGEWI
4 USA PAWNEE
3 Australia ALNGITH
3 Australia BURDUNA
3 Australia DYAABUGAY
3 Australia DYABERDYABER
3 Australia FLINDERS ISLAND
3 Australia GADJERAWANG
3 Australia GUNYA
3 Australia KAMILAROI
3 Australia KOKATA
3 Australia KUTHANT
3 Australia LIMILNGAN
3 Australia MBARIMAN-GUDHINMA
3 Australia NGARNDJI
3 Australia NYULNYUL
3 Australia UMBUGARLA
3 Australia WAKAWAKA
3 Australia WARLUWARA
3 Australia WARRGAMAY
3 Australia WIK-EPA
3 Australia WIK-KEYANGAN
3 Australia WIRADHURI
3 Brazil XETA
3 Cameroon BUNG
3 Chile YAMANA
3 Indonesia KAYELI
3 Panama SAN MIGUEL CREOLE FRENCH
3 Papua New Guinea GURAMALUM
3 Peru MUNICHE
2 Australia AREBA
2 Australia DYUGUN
2 Australia GIYUG
2 Australia GUGU BADHUN
2 Australia GUNGABULA
2 Australia KAMU
2 Australia KUWAMA
2 Australia MAYAGUDUNA
2 Australia MBARA
2 Australia NGAMINI
2 Australia NIMANBUR
2 Australia NUNGALI
2 Australia PITTA PITTA
2 Australia THAYPAN
2 Australia URADHI
2 Australia WARUNGU
2 Australia WILAWILA
2 Australia WIRANGU
2 Australia YANDRUWANDHA
2 Cameroon NGONG
2 Canada TAGISH
2 Chad BERAKOU
2 Indonesia TANDIA
2 Nigeria NJEREP
2 Russia KEREK
2 Russia YUGH
2 USA APACHE, LIPAN
2 USA CHEHALIS, UPPER
2 USA COWLITZ
2 Venezuela MAPOYO
1 Argentina ONA
1 Australia BANDJIGALI
1 Australia BARROW POINT
1 Australia DIRARI
1 Australia DJANGUN
1 Australia DJAWI
1 Australia DJIWARLI
1 Australia ERRE
1 Australia GUGADJ
1 Australia GUWAMU
1 Australia KUKU-MANGK
1 Australia KUMBAINGGAR
1 Australia LAMU-LAMU
1 Australia MANDANDANYI
1 Australia MANGERR
1 Australia MARGANY
1 Australia MULURIDYI
1 Australia MURUWARI
1 Australia NARUNGGA
1 Australia NGAWUN
1 Australia NGURMBUR
1 Australia NUGUNU
1 Australia NYANGGA
1 Australia NYAWAYGI
1 Australia WADJIGU
1 Australia WAMIN
1 Australia WANGGAMALA
1 Australia WULNA
1 Australia YAWARAWARGA
1 Australia YINDJILANDJI
1 Brazil KATUKINA
1 Cameroon BIKYA
1 Cameroon BISHUO
1 Cameroon LUO
1 Indonesia HUKUMINA
1 Indonesia MAPIA
1 Nepal LINGKHIM
1 Papua New Guinea EDOLO
1 Papua New Guinea LAUA
1 Peru CHOLON
1 Russia YUPIK, SIRENIK
1 Solomon Islands LONGGU
1 Solomon Islands RENNELLESE SIGN LANGUAGE
1 USA ABNAKI, EASTERN
1 USA COOS
1 USA EYAK
1 USA KALAPUYA
1 USA MIWOK, COAST
1 USA MIWOK, PLAINS
1 USA POMO, NORTHEASTERN
1 USA SERRANO
1 Vanuatu AORE

-Carl

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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter_Constable at SIL.ORG <Peter_Constable at SIL.ORG>
To: endangered-languages-l at cleo.murdoch.edu.au
<endangered-languages-l at cleo.murdoch.edu.au>
Date: Thursday, May 31, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: ELL: Re: RE: Percentage of Language


>
>> Building away in cyberworlds as I am, I decided to start building
>something
>>which in some way has to draw attention to the situation of endagered
>>languages. Could anyone of you provide me with a listing of say 200
>strongly
>>endangered languages from different corners of the globe?
>
>Have you tried looking in the Ethnologue for languages with, say, fewer
>than 100 speakers? If I recall, Australia has a significant number of
>languages for which the speaker population is reportedly on the order of
>dozens or fewer.
>
>
>
>- Peter
>
>
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