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Critically endangered languages

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Hawaiian
Polynesian language
Cornish
Brythonic Celtic language indigenous to Cornwall
Manx
Celtic language spoken on the Isle of Man
Manchu
Tungusic language originating from Northeast China
Aleut
language of the Eskimo–Aleut language family
Votic
language spoken by the Votes of Ingria
Jèrriais
thumb| teacher Ben Spink speaks and tells the words of the song by Frank Le Maistre. ' ( ; also known as the Jersey language, Jersey French and Jersey Norman French' in English) is a Romance language and the traditional language of the Jersey people. It is a form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey, an island in the Channel Islands archipelago off the coast of France. Its closest relatives are the other Norman languages, such as , spoken in neighbouring Guernsey, and the other .
Itelmen
Chukotko-Kamchatkan language spoken in Kamchatka, Russia
Mandaic
language of the Mandaean religion and community
Tsakonian
Doric dialect of Greek language
Udege
Tungusic language spoken by the Udeges in Northeast Asia
Jejuan
language spoken in Jeju, South Korea
Negidal
Tungusic language spoken by the Negidals in Northeast Asia
Ulch
Tungusic language spoken by the Ulch people in Northeast Asia
Oroch
Tungusic language spoken by the Oroch people in Northeast Asia
Baure
language
Ongota
language
Önge
language
Fuyu Kyrgyz
Siberian Turkic language of northeastern China
Ahtna
Indigenous language of North America
Macanese
Portuguese-based creole spoken originally in Macau
Kavalan
East Formosan language of Taiwan
Oroqen
Tungusic language spoken by the Oroqens in Northeast Asia
Thao
language
Kawésqar
language
Nuxálk
language
Araki
language
Dharug
Australian Aboriginal language
She
language
Mokilese
language
Badeshi
Badeshi is an unclassified Indo-Iranian language spoken in northern Pakistan. The language is critically endangered and considered at risk of extinction. In 2018, the BBC found three men who could still speak the language.
Abenaki
Algonquian language
Taushiro
nearly extinct possible language isolate of the Peruvian Amazon
Orang Seletar
language
Iñapari
Arawak (Arahuaco) language of origin
Tanema
language
Abaga
language
Omaha–Ponca
Native American language
Squamish
Coast Salish language spoken by the Squamish people of southwestern British Columbia
Tutchone
Dené (Athabaskan) language spoken in the Yukon Territory in Canada
Zazao
language
Kursenieki
dialect of the Latvian language spoken by the Kursenieki of the Curonian Spit
Afra
language in Papua
Anambé
language
Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic
modern Jewish Aramaic language
Arem
language
Kembra
language in Indonesia
Gamilaraay
language
Achumawi
language
Lemerig
language
Lovono
language
Dazawa
alleged but unattested Afro-Asiatic language of Nigeria
Arhâ
language
Kumbainggar
Australian Aboriginal language
Kayardild
language
Arhö
language
Shwai
language
Puari
language
Tenis
language
Arikapú
language