There are many civilizations that Faded with time, some of them we still know about their life style of living, their heritage and their language. Unfortunately there are some of these civilization lost everything even the language they used to talk, an extinct language has no more speakers, Languages typically become extinct because of political, economic, or cultural reasons, such as the effects of colonization or to fit in. Some people may choose not to teach their children a minority language to ensure that they focus on learning the official or most widespread language in their region. In this video we bring to you a list of the most recent extinct languages.
Here are 11 Recently Extinct
Languages
1- Aka-Cari
Also
known as the Cari, Chariar, or Sare language, Aka-Cari became extinct on 4
April 2020 with the death of the last member of the Cari tribe. Aka-Cari was a
Great Andaman’s language. The Cari tribe lived in the Andaman Islands in the
northeastern Indian Ocean. First contacted by Europeans in the 1790s, the Cari were
affected by diseases, alcohol, colonialism, and loss of territory, shrinking
their population from 100 individuals to 39 by 1901. In 1994, there were only
two members left, and Licho became the last survivor until she succumbed to
chronic tuberculosis.
2- Tehuelche
Native
to Argentina, the Tehuelche language lost its last native speaker, Dora
Manchado, in 2019. Dora helped to document the language so that it could be
revitalized by linguists and anthropologists. Tehuelche was spoken primarily by
nomadic hunters living in Patagonia, and following the region’s split between
Argentina and Chile the language began to decline as Spanish became the
dominant language.
3- Wichita
As
of 30 August 2016, the Wichita language became extinct following the deaths of
its last three first-language speakers, though the Wichita tribe continues to
try to revitalize the language. Doris McLemore was the last fluent speaker,
raised by her grandparents who spoke Wichita at home, but was unable to pass
the language down to her children. She and others helped provide information
for a linguist to create a Wichita dictionary, and the tribe collaborates with
the University of Chicago to continue documenting and teaching their language.
4- Klallam
The
Klallam language is also known as Clallam, Ns’Klallam, or S’klallam and was
traditionally spoken by the Klallam people in North America. It became extinct
with the death of its last native speaker in 2014. Two years before, the first
Klallam dictionary was published, and one school in Washington offers Klallam
as a heritage language class. In 2015, the language was further preserved with
the publishing of its grammar.
5- Livonian
Despite
being considered extinct since the death of its last native speaker in 2013,
Livonian may still have 40 reported speakers and a further 210 people reporting
limited knowledge of the language. Livonian is a Finnic language spoken by the
Livonian people of the Gulf of Livonia in Latvia. The language was plagued by
numerous historical events such as the German invasion of the 13th century, the
Russo-Swedish War, the Livonian War, the founding of Latvia, and more. Livonian
folk songs are still in circulation by younger generations who speak some
Livonian as a secondary language.
6- Yurok
Yurok
is known by many names: Chillula, Mita, Pekwan, Rikwa, Sugon, Weitspek, and
Weitspekan. Spoken as the traditional language of the Yurok people within
California, it became extinct in 2013, though its decline began in the 19th
century. The California Gold Rush brought settlers and new diseases to the
Yurok people, and Native American boarding schools increased the colonization
of Yurok children. Efforts to revive the language in California have been
successful in at least six schools with the Yurok Language Program, doing the
very opposite of the schools created for cultural assimilation.
7- Pazeh
The
Pazeh people are native to Taiwan and spoke Pazeh (also spelled as Pazih or
Pazéh), part of the Austronesian language family. Pan Jin-yu, the last native
speaker of Pazeh who died in 2010, taught her language to classes in Puli,
Miaoli, and Taichung, teaching upwards of 200 regular students. Pazeh was a
victim of cultural assimilation, with aboriginal people forced to speak Hoklo
Taiwanese until it replaced the language entirely.
8- Cochin Indo-Portuguese
Cochin
Indo-Portuguese, or Vypin Indo-Portuguese, was a creole language formed from
Portuguese, Malayalam, and other languages in the region of Cochin in India. It
was one of the first contact languages to emerge following European contact in
Asia, used between the 15th and 19th centuries by a Catholic community, which
led to other households in the region adopting it. It began to die out around
the 19th century, with its last speaker passing away in 2010.
9- Aka-Bo
The Bo
language was part of the Great Andamanese language family like Aka-Cari. It was
spoken by the Bo people along the west central coast of India and part of the
Andaman Islands. Much like the Cari, the Bo people were greatly affected by
colonialism, and an epidemic spread from the Cari and another nearby tribe
resulted in a dramatic decrease in population. Boa Senior, who died in 2010,
worked with a linguist to record her language and the songs and stories passed
down to her as the last living speaker.
10- Eyak
Spoken
by the Eyak people indigenous to Alaska, Eyak is still used by a non-native
speaker, Guillaume Leduey, who taught himself Eyak using print and audio
materials from the Alaska Native Language Center. Despite not ever meeting with
the last native speaker who died in 2008, Leduey is regarded as a fluent
speaker, translator, and instructor of Eyak, and has taught workshops in
Alaska. The spread of English and suppression of aboriginal languages
contributed to the decline of the language, which was already affected by the
use of the related language of Tlingit to communicate with neighboring people.
11- Akkala Sami
A
Sámi language spoken in the Kola Peninsula of Russia, Akkala Sami became
extinct in 2003, with only two people with some knowledge of the language. It
is said to be one of the most poorly documented Sami languages, with only some
descriptions of phonology and morphology accompanying a couple of published
texts and audio recordings archived. There is some confusion on whether the
last speaker was truly the last native speaker or not, though in the early
1990s it was reported that eight remaining speakers were all elderly.
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