Hear These Languages Before They Disappear (Part 1)

Some of these languages have only a handful of speakers left. Some are being brought back from the brink. Every voice you hear is a real recording of the language. Which language should we cover next? Tell us in the comments 👇 0:00 Intro 0:03 Wymysorys (~20 speakers) 0:20 Kusunda (~1 speaker) 0:38 Nuxalk (under 20 speakers) 0:56 Cherokee (~2,000 speakers) 1:13 Vepsian (~1,600 speakers) 1:31 Lakota (~2,000 speakers) 1:48 Yugambeh (revival) 2:06 Ladino (under 100,000 speakers) 2:24 Boruca (under 10 speakers) Audio credits (all via Wikimedia Commons): Wymysorys: "Helka 20120104 Wym" by Wikitongues, CC BY-SA 4.0 Kusunda: "OpenSpeaks-Kgg-Gejmehac Gipan-Gyani Maiya Sen Kusunda-Nomadic Life" by Subhashish Panigrahi, CC BY-SA 4.0 Nuxalk: "Xłp̓x̣ʷłtłpłłskʷc̓" by Mexicocamboya, CC BY-SA 4.0 Cherokee: "Wikitongues Jerry speaking Cherokee", spoken by Jerry Wolf, recorded and published by Wikitongues, CC BY 3.0 Vepsian: "Eniisi Lisika Vep" by Wikitongues, CC BY-SA 4.0 Lakota: "WIKITONGUES- Junior speaking Lakota" by Wikitongues, CC BY 3.0 Yugambeh: "Wikitongues - Shaun speaking Yugambeh" by Wikitongues, CC BY-SA 4.0 Ladino: "Isaac 20210219 Lad" by Wikitongues, CC BY-SA 4.0 Boruca: "Anonymous speaking Boruca" by Wikitongues, public domain Licences: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... and https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Speaker counts are estimates; sources disagree for many small languages. #languages #linguistics #endangeredlanguages