List of endangered languages in Africa

An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native people, it becomes an extinct language. UNESCO defines four levels of language endangerment between "safe" (not endangered) and "extinct":^[1]

• Vulnerable
• Definitely endangered
• Severely endangered
• Critically endangered

• Extinct (EX)

• (lists)

• Critically Endangered (CR)
• Severely Endangered (SE)
• Definitely Endangered (DE)
• Vulnerable (VU)

• (list)
• (list)
• (list)
• (list)

• Safe (NE)

• no list

• Revived (RE)
• Constructed (CL)

• (list)
• (list)

Quick facts Language Endangerment Status by UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger category, Extinct (EX) ...

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)	no list
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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Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent. At about 30.2 million km² (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area.^[2] With about 922 million people (as of 2005)^[3] in 61 territories, it accounts for about 16.1% of the world's human population. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. There are 64 countries, including Madagascar and all the island groups.