The document describes 10 languages with at least 200,000 speakers that are likely unfamiliar to most readers. It provides brief overviews of each language, including where it is spoken and approximate number of speakers. The languages highlighted are Mapudungu, Kodagu, Gascon, Tuva, Bangka, Guajiro, Yucatec, Ayacucho, Aymara, and Bade, which are spoken in locations ranging from South America to Africa.
6. Kodagu
Where’s it spoken?
South West India
How many people speak it?
241,000 speakers
This is the Kodagu alphabet (also
known as Coorgi-Cox in English)
8. Gascon
Where’s it spoken?
France & Spain
How many people speak it?
250,000 speakers
‘Mayretat’ and ‘Sindicat d’initiatibe’
are both written in Gascon
16. Yucatec
Where’s it spoken?
Mexico, Belize & Guatemala
How many people speak it?
706,000 speakers
Did you know..
The 2006 film Apocalypto, directed
by Mel Gibson, was filmed entirely in
Yucatec Maya.
24. Find out more
These languages will soon be extinct.
If you want to learn more about endangered
languages and want to know what you can do to
help protect them, visit:
www.endangeredlanguages.com