List of extinct languages of Central America and the Caribbean information
Language Endangerment Status
by UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger category
Extinct (EX)
Extinct (EX)
(lists)
Endangered
Critically Endangered (CR)
Severely Endangered (SE)
Definitely Endangered (DE)
Vulnerable (VU)
(list)
(list)
(list)
(list)
Safe
Safe (NE)
(lists)
Other categories
Revived (RE)
Constructed (CL)
(list)
(list)
Related topics
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Endangered Languages Project
Ethnologue
Unclassified language
List of languages by total number of speakers
UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger categories
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This is a list of extinct languages of Central America and the Caribbean, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers, and no spoken descendants.
There are 14 languages listed, 7 lost in Central America and 7 lost in the Caribbean.
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