Griko sometimes spelled Grico is the dialect of Italiot Greek which is spoken by the Griko people in Apulia. Some Greek linguists consider it to be a Modern Greek dialect […]
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Yucatec Maya language
Yucatec Maya (Yukatek Maya in the revised orthography of the Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala) called Màaya t’àan (lit. Maya speech) by its speakers is a Mayan language spoken […]
Yonaguni language
Yonaguni (Japanese: 与那国語; Yonaguni: 与那国物言/ドゥナンムヌイ Dunan Munui) is a Ryukyuan language spoken by around 800 people on the island of Yonaguni in the Ryukyu Islands just east of Taiwan. It […]
Yaeyama language
Yaeyama (八重山物言/ヤイマムニ Yaimamuni) is a Ryukyuan language spoken in the Yaeyama Islands the southernmost inhabited island group in Japan with a combined population of about 50000 (as of 2011). The […]
Miyako language
Miyako (宮古口/ミャークフツ Myaakufutsu [mjaːkufutss̩] or 島口/スマフツ Sumafutsu) is a language spoken in the Miyako Islands located southwest of Okinawa. The combined population of the islands is about 52000 (as of […]
Amami language
The Amami language (島口/シマユムタ Shimayumuta) is spoken in the Amami Islands south of Kyūshū. The number of competent native speakers is not known but native speakers can be found mostly […]
Ibanag language
The Ibanag language (also Ybanag or Ibanak) is spoken by up to 500000 speakers most particularly by the Ibanag people in the Philippines in the northeastern provinces of Isabela and […]
Kujargé language
The Kujargé language is spoken in seven villages in Chad near Jebel Mirra (11°45′N 22°15′E) and in Sudan in villages scattered along the lower Wadi Salih and Wadi Azum. It […]
Shan language
The Shan language (Shan: လိၵ်ႈတႆး Shan pronunciation: [lik.táj] ၵႂၢမ်းတႆး [kwáam.táj] or ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး [pʰàː.sʰàː.táj]; Burmese: ရှမ်းဘာသာ [ʃáɴ bàðà]; Thai: ภาษาไทใหญ่) is the native language of Shan people and spoken mostly in […]
Livvi-Karelian language
Livvi-Karelian (Alternate names: Livvi Livvikovian Olonets Southern Olonetsian Karelian; Russian: ливвиковский язык) is a Finnic language of the Uralic family. spoken by Olonets Karelians (self-appellation livvi livgilaizet) traditionally inhabiting the […]