| | :: Cornish was revived about 100 years ago and remains endangered along with Scottish Gaelic and Irish. [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=glv Manx] went extinct in 1974 but people continue to learn it. Basque and Māori are probably safe as is the case with Cherokee. Aragonese, Inuktitut and Faroese have limited populations. Yiddish is probably fighting an uphill battle, but people continue to study and use it, at least in the US. Old English and Latin are certainly dead, but there are people who use it and "introduce" modern words. Aramaic and Occitan are endangered. That's more or less my take. | | :: Cornish was revived about 100 years ago and remains endangered along with Scottish Gaelic and Irish. [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=glv Manx] went extinct in 1974 but people continue to learn it. Basque and Māori are probably safe as is the case with Cherokee. Aragonese, Inuktitut and Faroese have limited populations. Yiddish is probably fighting an uphill battle, but people continue to study and use it, at least in the US. Old English and Latin are certainly dead, but there are people who use it and "introduce" modern words. Aramaic and Occitan are endangered. That's more or less my take. |
| | :: You can check the [http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp Ethnologue] for language status and the [http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas/ UNESCO language atlas] in particular for endangered language status. --[[User:BenjaminBarrett12|BB12]] ([[User talk:BenjaminBarrett12|talk]]) 02:48, 28 August 2012 (UTC) | | :: You can check the [http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp Ethnologue] for language status and the [http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas/ UNESCO language atlas] in particular for endangered language status. --[[User:BenjaminBarrett12|BB12]] ([[User talk:BenjaminBarrett12|talk]]) 02:48, 28 August 2012 (UTC) |
| | + | ::: I quibble with that. My analyses of available data suggest that Basque and Yiddish are both dying very quickly, because their populations are skewed towards older speakers. Latin is considerably more alive than, say, Aramaic, if one simply counts total speakership and production of lasting neologisms. --[[User:Metaknowledge|Μετάknowledge]]<small><sup>''[[User talk:Metaknowledge|discuss]]/[[Special:Contributions/Metaknowledge|deeds]]''</sup></small> 03:04, 28 August 2012 (UTC) |
