Skip to content
Category

Endangered Germanic languages

page 1
Yiddish
thumb|The opening page of the 1828 Yiddish-written Jewish holiday of Purim play Esther, oder die belohnte Tugend from [[Fürth (by Nürnberg), Bavaria]]
Bavarian
major group of Upper German varieties spoken in the southeast of the German language area Bavaria
West Frisian
West Germanic language spoken in Friesland
Saterland Frisian
last living dialect of the East Frisian language
North Frisian
minority languages of Germany, spoken mostly by people in North Frisia
Wymysorys
Wymysorys (, ), also known as Vilamovian, Wilamowicean, or Wilmesaurisch, is a West Germanic language spoken by the Vilamovian ethnic minority in the town of Wilamowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland ( in Wymysorys), on the border between Silesia and Lesser Poland, near Bielsko-Biała. It is considered an endangered language, possibly the most so of any of the Germanic languages. There are probably fewer than 20 native users of Wymysorys, virtually all bilingual; the majority are elderly.
Pitkern
Pitkern, also known as Pitcairn-Norfolk or Pitcairnese, is a creole spoken on Pitcairn and Norfolk islands. It is a mixture of English and Tahitian, and has been given many classifications by scholars, including cant, patois, and Atlantic creole. Although spoken on Pacific Ocean islands, it has been described as an Atlantic or semi-Atlantic creole due to the lack of connections with other English-based creoles of the Pacific. There are fewer than 50 speakers on Pitcairn Island, a number which has been steadily decreasing since 1971.
Norfuk
dialect of Pitcairn-Norfolk
Silesian German
German dialect or language spoken in Silesia
Cimbrian
endangered Germanic language of Italy
Unserdeutsch
Unserdeutsch ('Our German'), or Rabaul Creole German, is a German-based creole language that originated in Papua New Guinea as a lingua franca. The substrate language is assumed to be Tok Pisin, while the majority of the lexicon is from German.
Walser German
language
Gutnish
Gutnish ( ), or rarely Gutnic ( or ), is a North Germanic language spoken sporadically on the islands of Gotland and Fårö. The different dialects of Gutnish, while stemming from the Old Gutnish () variety of Old Norse, are sometimes considered part of modern Swedish. Gutnish exists in two variants, Mainland Gutnish (Storlandsgutamål or Storlandsmål), mostly spoken in the southern and southeastern portion of Gotland, where the dialect of Lau became the standard form on the Main Island (Lau Gutnish → Laumål), and Fårö Gutnish (Gutnish: Faroymal; ), spoken on the island of Fårö. UNESCO defines Gu
Mòcheno
Upper German variety of Italy
Colonia Tovar
Germanic language spoken in Venezuela
East Frisian
Germanic language
Hindeloopen Frisian
dialect of West Frisian spoken in Hindeloopen and Molkwerum
French Flemish
dialect of the West Flemish language spoken in French Flanders
Scottish Cant
mixed language spoken in Scotland
Endangered Germanic languages — category · Vinony