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Endangered Languages Tracker

Monitoring the vitality of indigenous and endangered languages worldwide.

🇪🇬

Nubian

Southern Egypt, Northern Sudan

Endangered
5M

Speakers

Nilo-Saharan

Family

Critical Risk

Risk Level

Speaker Population TrendDeclining
2020
90%
2022
80%
2024
70%
2026
60%
🇲🇦

Amazigh (Tamazight)

Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia

Vulnerable
8M

Speakers

Afroasiatic

Family

At Risk

Risk Level

Speaker Population TrendDeclining
2020
90%
2022
80%
2024
70%
2026
60%
🌿

Kurmanji Kurdish

Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran

Vulnerable
15M

Speakers

Indo-European

Family

At Risk

Risk Level

Speaker Population TrendDeclining
2020
90%
2022
80%
2024
70%
2026
60%
🏔️

Northern Sámi

Norway, Sweden, Finland

Endangered
25K

Speakers

Uralic

Family

Critical Risk

Risk Level

Speaker Population TrendDeclining
2020
90%
2022
80%
2024
70%
2026
60%

🗺️ Geographic Distribution

🇪🇬

Nubian

Southern Egypt, Northern Sudan

Endangered5M speakers
🇲🇦

Amazigh (Tamazight)

Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia

Vulnerable8M speakers
🌿

Kurmanji Kurdish

Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran

Vulnerable15M speakers
🏔️

Northern Sámi

Norway, Sweden, Finland

Endangered25K speakers