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Endangered languages
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About the data and classifications
This is a snapshot of ELCat dataset version 2024.1, not a live assessment. Individual estimates may be much older. Speaker counts alone do not determine vitality. Awakening and Dormant are retained as distinct categories. Sources may disagree and assessments have differing levels of certainty.
Catalogue of Endangered Languages (2023), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Endangered Languages Project · CLDF dataset v2024.1 · CC BY 4.0. Adapted by Linguaphile for mapping and filtering. Speaker information uses the preferred source record where available.