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Languages extinct in the 2000s

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extinct Sami language of the Kola Peninsula in Russia

indigenous language of North America

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.

Plateau Penutian languages of Northwestern United States

language spoken by the Tagish people of Canada

Jeru, or Akajeru (also known as Yerawa, not to be confused with Järawa), is a moribund dialect of the Northern Andamanese language, and the last surviving variety of the Great Andamanese language family. Jeru was spoken in the interior and south coast of North Andaman and on Sound Island. A koiné of the Northern Andamanese dialects, based principally on Akajeru, was once spoken on Strait Island; the last semi-fluent speaker of this, Nao Jr., died in 2009.

Berbice Creole Dutch

extinct Dutch-based creole language of Guyana

extinct Southern Athabaskan language, formerly spoken in Arkansas

subgroup of the Athabaskan language family

extinct indigenous language of Australia

Eastern Algonquian language of North America

Extinct Australian Aboriginal language

Austronesian language spoken in Maluku, Indonesia

extinct language of the Pataxó people of Brazil

extinct Austronesian language

Mbariman-Gudhinma

Rennellese Sign Language

extinct form of home sign from Rennell Island