List of languages by time of extinction


This is a list of extinct languages sorted by their time of extinction. A language is determined to be 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.

List

21st century

20th century

19th century

18th century

17th century

16th century

15th century

14th century

13th century

11th and 12th centuries

10th century

9th century

7th century

6th century

5th century

4th century

3rd century

2nd century

1st century

1st century BCE

2nd century BCE

3rd century BCE

4th century BCE

5th century BCE

6th century BCE

7th century BCE

2nd millennium BCE

Unknown date