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Ten Languages You've Never Heard Of
- 1. Ten languages you’ve never heard of
- 2. The following languages have at least 200,000 speakers (according to the latest figures) but we bet you haven’t heard of them…
- 3. 1
- 4. Mapudungu Where’s it spoken? Chile & Argentina. How many people speak it? 258,413 speakers Counting in Mapudungun
- 5. 2
- 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)
- 7. 3
- 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
- 9. 4
- 10. Tuva Where’s it spoken? Russia, Mongolia & China How many people speak it? 264,400 speakers The Tuvan flag
- 11. 5
- 12. Bangka Where’s it spoken? Indonesia How many people speak it? 340,000 speakers Bangka Island in Indonesia, where the language is spoken
- 13. 6
- 14. Guajiro Where’s it spoken? Columbia & Venezuela How many people speak it? 443,604 speakers Wayuu people (speakers of Guajiro) on horseback
- 15. 7
- 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.
- 17. 8
- 18. Ayacucho Where’s it spoken? Peru How many people speak it? 900,000 speakers The Andes are located in the Ayacucho region of Peru
- 19. 9
- 20. Aymara Where’s it spoken? Peru, Bolivia & Chile How many people speak it? 219,000 speakers Traditional Aymara ceremony in Bolivia
- 21. 10!
- 22. Bade Where’s it spoken? Nigeria How many people speak it? 250,000 speakers Bade Dancers
- 23. So… How many did you know?
- 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
Editor's Notes
- http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/arn