posted on Oct, 10 2019 @ 07:06 PM
10. Chamicruo
This language goes by other, similar names. It is spoken in Peru, but there are currently only half a dozen people who speak the language fluently. As
all of these people are very old, it seems unlikely that this language will be around for much longer.
9. Dumi
Spoken in small areas of Nepal, there were only 8 registered speakers of this language in 2007, many of which were old. Several years later, it is
fair to assume that those numbers have fallen even further.
8. Ongota
There are 6 registered speakers of this dying language that is spoken in parts of Ethiopia.
7. Liki
Spoken on a select few islands off the coast of Indonesia, a few years ago there were just 5 speakers of this language.
6. Tanema
This language is spoken in the Soloman Islands and it used to be significantly more widespread than it is today, with only a handful of people thought
to still be able to speak the language.
5. Njerep
Once spoken in Cameroon, there are now just a few speakers of this language and all of them live in Nigeria. It has been replaced by a language that
is similar, but with a different dialect.
4. Chemehuevi
This language is actually spoken in the United States, albeit by a very limited number of indigenous people. It has been said that there are just
three speakers in total, but the census was performed a few years ago. These live next to the “kaiv” in Colorado, which is their word for
“mountain”.
3. Lemerig
Spoken on the small island of Vanuatu, there are only two people left who speak this specific dialect of a language that is widespread throughout the
region.
2. Kaixana
This language is spoken in a very small area of South America, and whilst there were once 200 speakers of it, there is now only 1.
Taushiro
Also with just one surviving speaker, this language, spoken near the Tigre River, is on its last legs and may soon go the way of thousands of other
endangered languages before it.