Endangered Languages

Endangered Languages - UNESCO Red Book List

Excerpt From UNESCO Red Book

Languages were originally divided into five categories; a sixth, potentially endangered languages, was added later:
(i) extinct languages other than ancient ones;
(ii) nearly extinct languages with maximally tens of speakers, all elderly;
(iii) seriously endangered languages with a more substantial number of speakers but practically without children among them;
(iv) endangered languages with some children speakers at least in part of their range but decreasingly so;
(v) potentially endangered languages with a large number of children speakers but without an official or prestigious status;
(vi) not endangered languages with safe transmission of language to new generations.

Seriously endangered languages

	1. South Sámi
	2. Lule Sámi
	3. Inari Sámi
	4. Skolt Sámi
	5. Kildin Sámi
	6. Ingrian
	7. Ludian
	8. Vepsian
	9. Western Mari
	10. Kashubian (proper)
Molise Croatian
	11. Eastern Frisian
	12. Northern Frisian
	13. Yiddish (Judeo-German)
	14. Breton
	15. Leonese
	16. Ladino (Judeo-Spanish)
	17. Languedocien
	18. Auvergnat
	19. Limousin
Channel Island French
	20. Istriot
	21. Istro-Romanian
	22. Meglenitic
Arvanitika Albanian
	23. Tsakonian
Italiot Greek
Pontic Greek
	24. Karaim
	25. Crimean Tatar
	26. Cypriot Arabic

Endangered languages
	1. North Sámi
	2. Karelian (proper)
	3. Olonetsian
	4. Erzya
	5. Moksha
	6. Eastern Mari
	7. Udmurt
	8. Permyak
	9. Komi (proper)
	10. Tundra Nenets
	11. Lower Sorbian
	12. Upper Sorbian
Burgenland Croatian
	13. Rusyn
	14. Western Frisian
	15. Cimbrian
	16. Irish Gaelic
	17. Scottish Gaelic
	18. Welsh
	19. Asturian
	20. Aragonese
Algherese Catalan
	21. Provençal
	22. Gascon
	23. Walloon
	24. Romansch
	25. Ladin
	26. Friulian
	27. Gallurese Sardinian
	28. Logudorese Sardinian
	29. Campidanese Sardinian
	30. Sassarese Sardinian
	31. Aromunian
	32. Romani
	33. Chuvash
	34. Bashkir
	38. Basque

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Austria
	* Hungarian
	* Czech
	* Slovene
	* Burgenland Croatian
	* Bavarian (incl. Austrian German)
	* Romani
[Upper Sorbian also reported]

Belarus
	* Polish
	* Ukrainian
	* Belorussian
	* Russian
	* Latvian
	* Lithuanian
	* Yiddish (Judeo-German)
	* Romani

Belgium
	* Dutch [known as Flemish in Belgium and France]
	* Luxembourgian (Moselle Franconian)
	* High German (proper)
	* Walloon
	* French

Bosnia and Hercegovina
	* Serbo-Croatian
	* Romani

Bulgaria
	* Macedonian
	* Bulgarian
	* Aromunian
	* (Daco-)Romanian
	* Greek
	* Romani
	* Crimean Tatar
	* Gagauz
	* (Osman) Turkish
[Gheg Albanian and Armenian also reported]

Croatia
	* Hungarian
	* Serbo-Croatian
	* Venetian
	* Istriot
	* Dalmatian
	* Istro-Romanian
	* Romani


Czechia
	* Polish
	* Czech
	* High German (proper)
	* Bavarian (incl. Austrian German)
	* Romani
[Serbo-Croatian (Burgenland Croatian) also reported]

Denmark
	* Northern Frisian
	* Low Saxon (Low German proper)
	* Danish


Faroe Islands
	* Faroese



Germany
	* Polabian
	* Lower Sorbian
	* Upper Sorbian
	* Eastern Frisian
	* Northern Frisian
	* Dutch
	* Low Saxon (Low German proper)
	* Luxembourgian (Moselle Franconian)
	* High German (proper)
	* Bavarian (incl. Austrian German)
	* Danish
	* Romani


Greece
	* Macedonian [called "Slavic" in Greece]
	* Bulgarian [known as Pomak in Greece]
	* Ladino (Judeo-Spanish)
	* Aromunian
	* Meglenitic
	* Greek
	* Yevanic (Judeo-Greek)
	* Tsakonian
	* Arvanitika Albanian
	* Romani
	* (Osman) Turkish


Hungary
	* Hungarian
	* Slovak
	* Slovene
	* Serbo-Croatian
	* High German (proper)
	* Bavarian (incl. Austrian German)
	* (Daco-)Romanian
	* Romani


Italy
	* Slovene
	* Molise Croatian
	* Alemannic (incl. Swiss German)
	* Bavarian (incl. Austrian German)
	* Cimbrian
	* Algherese Catalan
	* Provençal
	* Francoprovençal
	* Ladin
	* Friulian
	* Gallurese Sardinian
	* Logudorese Sardinian
	* Campidanese Sardinian
	* Sassarese Sardinian
	* Piedmontese
	* Ligurian
	* Lombard
	* Emilian
	* Venetian
	* (Tuscan & Central) Italian
	* Italkian (Judeo-Italian)
	* South Italian (incl. Neapolitan)
	* Sicilian
	* Arbëreshë Albanian
	* Italiot Greek
	* Romani


Latvia
	* Livonian
	* Estonian
	* Belorussian
	* Latvian
	* Lithuanian
	* Romani

Liechtenstein
	* Alemannic (incl. Swiss German)

Lithuania
	* Belorussian
	* Latvian
	* Lithuanian
	* Yiddish (Judeo-German)
	* Romani
	* Karaim

Luxembourg
	* Luxembourgian (Moselle Franconian)
	* Walloon

Republic of Macedonia
	* Macedonian
	* Aromunian
	* Meglenitic
	* Gheg Albanian
	* Romani
	* Gagauz
	* (Osman) Turkish



The Netherlands
	* Western Frisian
	* Dutch
	* Low Saxon (Low German proper)
	* Romani


Poland
	* Slovincian
	* Kashubian (proper)
	* Polish
	* Ukrainian
	* Belorussian
	* (Old) Prussian
	* Lithuanian
	* High German (proper)
	* Yiddish (Judeo-German)
	* Romani


Romania
	* Hungarian
	* Serbo-Croatian
	* Bulgarian
	* Ukrainian
	* High German (proper)
	* Yiddish (Judeo-German)
	* (Daco-)Romanian
	* Greek
	* Romani
	* Crimean Tatar
	* Nogai
	* Gagauz

Russia 
	* North Sámi
	* Skolt Sámi
	* Akkala Sámi
	* Kildin Sámi
	* Ter Sámi
	* Estonian
	* Votian
	* Finnish
	* Ingrian
	* Karelian (proper)
	* Olonetsian
	* Ludian
	* Vepsian
	* Erzya
	* Moksha
	* Western Mari
	* Eastern Mari
	* Udmurt
	* Permyak
	* Komi (proper)
	* Southern Mansi
	* Tundra Nenets
	* Ukrainian
	* Belorussian
	* Russian
	* Latvian
	* Greek
	* Romani
	* Chuvash
	* Tatar
	* Bashkir
	* Nogai
	* Trukhmen
	* Kalmyk


Slovakia
	* Hungarian
	* Czech
	* Slovak
	* Rusyn
	* Bavarian (incl. Austrian German)
	* Romani

Slovenia
	* Hungarian
	* Slovene
	* Serbo-Croatian
	* Bavarian (incl. Austrian German)
	* Romani
[High German (proper) and Friulian also reported]



(European part of) Turkey
	* Bulgarian
	* Ladino (Judeo-Spanish)
	* Tosk Albanian
	* Greek Pontic Greek
	* Romani
	* Gagauz
	* (Osman) Turkish

The Ukraine
	* Hungarian
	* Polish
	* Slovak
	* Bulgarian
	* Rusyn
	* Ukrainian
	* Belorussian
	* Russian
	* Gothic
	* (Daco-)Romanian
	* Tosk Albanian
	* Greek
	* Romani
	* Karaim
	* Crimean Tatar
	* Krimchak (Judeo-Crimean Tatar)
	* Nogai
	* Gagauz
	* (Osman) Turkish


Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
	* Hungarian
	* Slovak
	* Serbo-Croatian
	* Macedonian
	* Bulgarian
	* Gheg Albanian
	* Romani