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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]].
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]].
{{:Lists of endangered languages/UNESCO definitions}}
[[UNESCO]] distinguishes four levels of endangerment in languages, based on intergeneratinal transfer:<ref name="UNESCO">Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. Paris, UNESCO Publishing. Online version:

http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas </ref>
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|'''Vulnerable''': Most children speak the language, but it may be restricted to certain domains (e.g., home).
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|'''Definitely endangered''': Children no longer learn the language as mother tongue in the home.
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| '''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.
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| '''Critically endangered''': The youngest speakers are grandparents and older, and they speak the language partially and infrequently.
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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. Lists of endangered languages/UNESCO definitions

Language Countries Speakers Status Comments Ref
A'ingae / Cofan language[1] Colombia   Severely endangered    
Achagua language[1] Colombia   Severely endangered    
Andoke language[1] Colombia   Severely endangered    
Aruaco language[1] Colombia   Vulnerable    
Awa Cuaiquer language[1] Colombia   Critically endangered    
Bara language[1] Colombia   Critically endangered    
Barasana language[1] Colombia   Critically endangered    
Barí language[1] Colombia   Vulnerable    
Bora language[1] Colombia, Peru   Vulnerable    
Cabiyarí language[1] Colombia   Critically endangered    
Cacua language[1] Colombia   Severely endangered    
Camsá language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Carapana language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Carijona language[1] Colombia   Critically endangered    
Chimila language[1] Colombia   Severely endangered    
Cubeo language[1] Colombia   Vulnerable    
Cuiba language[1] Colombia, Venezuela   Severely endangered    
Damana language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Desano language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Embera language[1] Colombia   Vulnerable    
Guajiro language[1] Colombia, Venezuela   Vulnerable    
Guambiano language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Guayabero language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Huitoto language (Colombia, Peru)[1] Colombia, Peru   Definitely endangered    
Hupda language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Inga language[1] Colombia   Severely endangered    
Jitnu language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Kogui language[1] Colombia   Vulnerable    
Koreguaje language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Kuna language[1] Colombia   Severely endangered    
Kurripako language (Colombia, Venezuela)[1] Colombia, Venezuela   Definitely endangered    
Macuna language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Miraña language[1] Colombia   Severely endangered    
Muinane language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Nonuya language[1] Colombia   Critically endangered    
Nukak language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Ocaina language[1] Colombia   Severely endangered    
Páez language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Palenque Creole language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Piapoko language[1] Colombia, Venezuela   Definitely endangered    
Piaroa language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Piratapuya language[1] Colombia   Critically endangered    
Pisamira language[1] Colombia   Critically endangered    
Puinave language[1] Colombia, Venezuela   Definitely endangered    
Romani language[1] Colombia   Vulnerable    
Sáliba language[1] Colombia, Venezuela   Severely endangered    
San Andres Creole language[1] Colombia   Vulnerable    
Sikuani language[1] Colombia, Venezuela   Vulnerable    
Siona / Secoya language[1] Colombia   Critically endangered    
Siriano language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Tanimuca-Letuama language[1] Colombia   Severely endangered    
Tariana language[1] Colombia   Critically endangered    
Tatuyo language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Tinigua language[1] Colombia   Critically endangered    
Totoró language[1] Colombia   Critically endangered    
Tucano language[1] Colombia   Vulnerable    
Tunebo language[1] Colombia, Venezuela   Definitely endangered U'wa language (Angosturas Tunebo, etc.)  
Tuyuca language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Wanano / Kotiria language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Waunana language[1] Colombia   Vulnerable    
Yucuna language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Yuhup language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    
Yurutí language[1] Colombia   Definitely endangered    

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