List of endangered languages in Central America
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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 speakers, 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
- no list
| Language Endangerment Status | |
|---|---|
| Extinct (EX) | |
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| Endangered | |
| Safe | |
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Other categories | |
Related topics | |
 UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger categories | |
Central America (Spanish: Centroamérica or América Central) is a central geographic region of the Americas. It is variably defined either as the southern portion of North America, which connects with South America on the southeast, or as a region of the American continent in its own right.[2][3]
| Country | Language | Ethnonym | Speakers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | Boruca | 5 women 30 to 35 nonfluent speakers | (1986 SIL) (1991) | |
| El Salvador | Pipil | 20 196,576 | (1987) (1987) | |
| Guatemala | Itza' | 12 1,800 | (1986 SIL) (2001) | |
| Nicaragua | Rama | 24 900 | (1989 J Holm) (2000 C Grinevald) | |
| Panama | San Miguel Creole French | 3 | (1999 SIL) |