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Manx
Celtic language spoken on the Isle of Man
Pali
Pāli (; IAST: ) is a Middle Indo-Aryan language that is widely studied as the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism and the language of the Tipiṭaka. Pali was designated a classical language of India by the Government of India on 3 October 2024.
Ainu
language(s) spoken by Ainu ethnic groups in Hokkaido, Kuril and Sakhalin
Syriac
dialect of Middle Aramaic
Livonian
Southern Finnic language closely related to Estonian
Ge'ez
thumb|Ezana stone, written in Geʽez explaining his conquests and accomplishments Geez ( or ; , and sometimes referred to in scholarly literature as Classical Ethiopic) is an ancient South Semitic language. The language originates from what is now known as Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Gaulish
Gaulish is an extinct Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine). In a wider sense, it also comprises varieties of Celtic that were spoken across much of central Europe ("Noric"), parts of the Balkans, and Anatolia ("Galatian"), which are thought to have been closely related. The more divergent Lepontic of Northern I
Old Prussian
extinct Western Baltic language
Polabian
extinct West Slavic language
Celtiberian
language
Hattic
extinct language of Turkey
Venetic
language
Kemi Sami
extinct Sami language
Curonian
extinct language spoken by the Curonians
Yurok
Algic language
Oroch
Tungusic language spoken by the Oroch people in Northeast Asia
Aka-Bo
extinct Great Andamanese language
Yurats
Samoyedic language spoken in the Siberian tundra west of the Yenisei River
Taíno
Arawakan language; the principal language throughout the Caribbean at the time of Spanish contact
Yugh
extinct Yeniseian language
ǀXam
extinct language of South Africa and Lesotho
Yaghan
language of Tierra del Fuego
Pujjukar
The Pucikwar language, O-Puchikwar, is an extinct language of the Andaman Islands, India, formerly spoken by the Pucikwar people on the south coast of Middle Andaman, the northeast coast of South Andaman, and on Baratang Island. It belonged to the Great Andamanese family.
Galindian
language
Aka-Bea
The Bea language, Aka-Bea, also called Bojigyab, is an extinct Great Andamanese language of the Southern group. It was spoken around the western Andaman Strait and around the northern and western coast of South Andaman. It was well documented in the late 19th century, but died out in the 1920s. The term was used both to name the language and the people who spoke it, derived from the prefix , used to name objects related to the tongue, and , meaning 'spring-water'.
Ona
language
Massachusett
Algonquian language spoken by indigenous communities in the United States
Hupa
language
Itonama
language
Caddo
Native American language
Yana
extinct language
Sened
language
Jalaa
endangered language of northeastern Nigeria
Andoa
language
Gros Ventre
language
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit
Middle Indo-Aryan language of India
Aka-Kora
Akakhora, or Kora (Cora), is an extinct dialect of the Northern Andamanese language. It was spoken on the northeast and north central coasts of North Andaman and on Smith Island.
Lushootseed
Lushootseed ( ), historically known as Puget Salish, Puget Sound Salish, or Skagit-Nisqually, is a Central Coast Salish language of the Salishan language family. Lushootseed is the general name for the dialect continuum composed of two main dialects, Northern Lushootseed and Southern Lushootseed, which are further separated into smaller sub-dialects.
Asa
Cushitic language
Akar-Bale
The Bale language, Akar-Bale (also Balwa or Balawa), is an extinct Southern Great Andamanese language once spoken in the Andaman Islands in Ritchie's Archipelago, Havelock Island, and Neill Island.
Kalinago
Arawakan language spoken by the Kalinago of the Lesser Antilles
Holikachuk
Indigenous language of North America
Barbareño
language
Kunza
language
Berbice Creole Dutch
extinct Dutch-based creole language of Guyana
Aka-Cari
Akachari, or Cari (occasionally 'Kari', 'Chariar' or 'Sare'), is an extinct dialect of the Northern Andamanese language that was spoken by the Cari people, one of the dozen Great Andamanese peoples.
Arin
extinct Yeniseian language
Tolowa
subgroup of the Athabaskan language family
Zumaya
Extinct Chadic language of Cameroon
Boruca
language
Assan
extinct Yeniseian language
Omurano
unclassified language from Peru
Aka-Kede
The Kede language, Aka-Kede, is an extinct Great Andamanese language, of the Northern group. It was spoken in the Northern section of Middle Andaman island (Justin 2000).
Chuvan
language
Abipón
extinct language of Argentina
Puelche
language
Makah
language
Yavitero
language
Akurio
Cariban language of Suriname
Wichita
Extinct Native American language