Home›Languages›Status›ExtinctBrowse ByExtinctStatus records how vital a language currently is, from thriving to endangered or extinct. Wikipedia notes Spanish is "the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese," about as far from endangered as a language can be. This dimension separates languages still growing from those quietly disappearing.ExtinctComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ExtinctFilter Results17 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllAfro-Asiatic (2)East Semitic (1)Eastern Iranian (1)Germanic (2)Indo-European (2)Mayan (1)Northwest Semitic (1)Turkic (2)Tyrsenian (1)Western Iranian (1)RegionAllAncient Egypt, along the Nile Valley (1)Eastern Mediterranean, Greco-Roman world (1)Etruria, Italy (1)Lower Nubia to Khartoum area, Sudan (1)Mesopotamia (Assyria and Babylonia), modern Iraq (1)Pontic-Caspian steppe of eastern Europe and central Asia (1)Sasanian Empire (1)Southern Mesopotamia, modern Iraq (1)Speaker Count BandAll0.000000 (8)Script UsedAllBrahmi (1)Cuneiform (2)Egyptian Hieroglyphs (1)Greek Script (1)Latin Script (2)Linear A (1)Linear B (1)Manichaean Alphabet (3)Maya Script (1)Meroitic Script (1)Old Italic Script (1)Old Turkic Script (1)Old Uyghur Alphabet (1)Pahlavi Scripts (1)Runic Alphabet (Elder Futhark) (2)Sogdian Script (2)Syriac Alphabet (2)Younger Futhark (1)Period Start YearAll-4500 (1)-3200 (2)-2600 (1)-2100 (1)-1000 (1)-800 (2)-700 (1)-300 (1)224 (1)250 (1)401 (1)450 (1)801 (1)Language KindAllExtinct (16)Official StatusAllNo Official Status (10)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 17AkkadianExtinctAncient EgyptianExtinctAncient GreekExtinctClassic MayaExtinctEblaiteExtinctEtruscanExtinctMeroiticExtinctMiddle PersianExtinctMinoan languageExtinctOld EnglishExtinctOld NorseExtinctOld TurkicExtinctOld UyghurExtinctProto-Indo-EuropeanExtinctSogdianExtinctSumerianExtinctUgariticExtinctComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.