List of unclassified languages according to the Ethnologue


The following languages are listed as unclassified by the Ethnologue, though in their descriptions some are identified with an established family, or have been retired as spurious. Since the 15th edition, several other unclassified languages were found to be related to known languages once better data was collected, and some, such as Amikoana and Miarrã, were found to be spurious and their ISO codes were retired. Languages which became extinct before 1950 are the purview of Linguist List and are being gradually removed from Ethnologue; they are listed as an addendum to this page.

Africa

North

Asia

Bhatola is listed as unclassifiable by Glottolog.

Europe

All cants:
These languages became extinct before 1950 and their ISO codes are not, or are no longer, maintained by SIL. Maintenance of additional languages extinct before 1950 is being gradually shifted from SIL to Linguist List.
;Africa
;America, North
;America, South
;Asia
;Europe
;Oceania