List of endangered languages in Russia
Language Endangerment Status Other categories Related topics
UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger categories
An endangered language is a language that 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 . A language may be endangered in one area but show signs of revitalisation in another, as with the Irish language .
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization defines five levels of language endangerment between "safe" (not endangered) and "extinct":[ 1]
Vulnerable – "most children speak the language, but it may be restricted to certain domains (e.g. home)"
Definitely endangered – "children no longer learn the language as mother tongue in the home"
Severely endangered – "language is spoken by grandparents and older generations; while the parent generation may understand it, they do not speak it to children or among themselves"
Critically endangered – "the youngest speakers are grandparents and older, and they speak the language partially and infrequently"
Extinct – "there are no speakers left; included in the Atlas if presumably extinct since the 1950s"
The list below includes the findings from the third edition of Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010; formerly the Red Book of Endangered Languages ), as well as the online edition of the aforementioned publication, both published by UNESCO.[ 2]
Russian Federation
Language
Status
Nations
ISO 639-3
Abaza language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia, Turkey
abq
Abkhaz language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Georgia, Russia, Turkey
abk
Adyghe language (West Circassian)[ 1]
Definitely endangered
Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Macedonia, Russia, Syria, Turkey
ady
Agul language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
agx
Akhvakh language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
akv
Alabugat Tatar language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
Aleut language (Western, Commander Islands)[ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
ale
Alutor language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
alu
Andi language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
ani
Archi language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
aqc
Avar language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Russia
ava
Bagvalal language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
kva
Baraba Tatar language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
Bashkir language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Russia
bak
Belarusian language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine
bel
Bezhta language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
kap
Bohtan Neo-Aramaic language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Georgia, Russia
bhn
Botlikh language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
bph
Buryat language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
bua
Central Selkup language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
Central Siberian Yupik language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
ess
Chamalal language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
cji
Chechen language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Russia
che
Chelkan language [ 3]
Severely endangered
Russia
Chukchi language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
ckt
Chulym language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
clw
Chuvash language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Russia
chv
Dargwa language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Russia
dar
Dolgan language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
dlg
Eastern Khanty language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
Eastern Mansi language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
Eastern Mari language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
Erzya language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
myv
Even language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
eve
Evenki language [ 1]
Severely endangered
China, Russia
evn
Forest Enets language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
Forest Nenets language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
Forest Yukagir language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
yux
Godoberi language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
gdo
Hinukh language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
gin
Homshetsi dialect [ 1]
Severely endangered
Georgia, Russia
Hunzib language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
huz
Ingrian language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
izh
Ingush language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Russia
inh
Itelmen language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
itl
Judeo-Tat [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Azerbaijan, Israel, Russia
jdt
Kabardian [ 1]
Vulnerable
Russia, Turkey
kbd
Kalmyk language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
xal
Karachay-Balkar language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Russia
krc
Karata language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
kpt
Karelian language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Finland, Russia
krl
Ket language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
ket
Khakas language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
kjh
Khamnigan Mongol language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
China, Mongolia, Russia
ykh
Khwarshi language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
khv
Kildin Saami language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
sjd
Kilen language [ 1]
Critically endangered
China, Russia
Kili language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
Komi language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
kpv
Koryak language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
kpy
Kumandin language [ 4]
Critically endangered
Russia
Kumyk language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Russia
kum
Lak language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Russia
lbe
Latgalian language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Latvia, Russia
ltg
Lezgian language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Azerbaijan, Russia
lez
Low Saxon language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Russia
nds
Ludic language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
lud
Moksha language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
mdf
Nanai language [ 1]
Severely endangered
China, Russia
gld
Naukan Yupik language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
Negidal language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
neg
Nganasan language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
nio
Nivkh language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
niv
Nogai language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
nog
Northern Sámi [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
sme
Northern Altai language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
atv
Northern Khanty language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
Northern Mansi language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
Northern Selkup language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
Olonetsian language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Finland, Russia
olo
Oroch language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
oac
Orok language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
oaa
Ossetian language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Georgia, Russia
oss
Pontic Greek language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Armenia, Georgia, Greece, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
pnt
Romani language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
rom
Rutul language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Azerbaijan, Russia
rut
Seto dialect
Definitely endangered
Estonia, Russia
Shor language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
cjs
Siberian Tatar language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
sty
Skolt Saami language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Finland, Norway, Russia
sms
Southern Altai language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
alt
Southern Selkup language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
Soyot language [ 5]
Extinct, partly revitalized
Russia
Tabasaran language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Russia
tab
Taz dialect [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
Teleut language [ 6]
Critically endangered
Russia
Ter Saami language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
sjt
Tindi language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
tin
Tofa language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
kim
Türkpen [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia, Turkmenistan
Tsakhur language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Azerbaijan, Russia
tkr
Tsez language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
ddo
Tundra Enets language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
Tundra Nenets language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
Tundra Yukagir language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
ykg
Tuvan language [ 1]
Vulnerable
China, Mongolia, Russia
tyv
Udege language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
ude
Udmurt language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
udm
Ulch language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
ulc
Urum language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Georgia, Russia, Ukraine
uum
Veps language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
vep
Võro language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Estonia, Russia
Votic language [ 1]
Critically endangered
Russia
vot
Western Mari language [ 1]
Severely endangered
Russia
mrj
Yakut language [ 1]
Vulnerable
Russia
sah
Yiddish language (Europe)[ 1]
Definitely endangered
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom
ydd
Yurt Tatar language [ 1]
Definitely endangered
Russia
nog
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