List of languages by time of extinction
Date Language Language family Region
20th-21st century ( ? ) Ayabadhu Pama-Nyungan Queensland , Australia
20th-21st century ( ? ) Aghu Tharnggala Pama-Nyungan Queensland , Australia
20th-21st century ( ? ) Adithinngithigh Pama-Nyungan Queensland , Australia
20th-21st century ( ? ) Arritinngithigh Pama-Nyungan Queensland , Australia
20th-21st century ( ? ) Gurnai Pama-Nyungan Victoria , Australia
late 20th century ( ? ) Nganyaywana Pama-Nyungan Australia
late 20th century Newfoundland Irish Celtic Newfoundland , Canada
ca . 2000 Mesmes Semitic Ethiopia
2000 Sowa Malayo-Polynesian Pentecost Island , Vanuatu
late 1990s Munichi unclassified Loreto Region , Peru
1999 Nyulnyul Pama-Nyungan Australia
by 1999 Ineseño Chumashan California , United States
1998 Mlahsô Semitic Syria ; Turkey
by 1998 Skepi Creole Dutch Dutch-based creole Guyana
1997-98 Ngarnka Pama-Nyungan Australia
January 1997 Sireniki Yupik Eskimo-Aleut Chukotka Peninsula , Russia
ca . 1996 ( ? ) Malaryan Dravidian Kerala and Tamil Nadu , India
1996 Iowa-Oto Siouan Oklahoma and Kansas , United States
by 1996 Katabaga Malayo-Polynesian The Philippines
by 1996 Palumata Austronesian Maluku , Indonesia
List -- 20th century
This is a list of extinct languages sorted by their time of extinction. A language is determined to be an extinct when its last native or fluent speaker dies. When the exact time of death of the last remaining speaker is not known, either an approximate time or the date when the language was last being recorded is given.