List of endangered languages in China

Language Endangerment Status

by UNESCO Atlas of the World's
Languages in Danger category

Extinct (EX)

* Extinct (EX)

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Endangered

* Critically Endangered (CR)
* Severely Endangered (SE)
* Definitely Endangered (DE)
* Vulnerable (VU)

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Safe

* Safe (NE)

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Other categories

* Revived (RE)
* Constructed (CL)

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Related topics

* Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
* Endangered Languages Project
* Ethnologue
* Unclassified language
* List of languages by total number of speakers

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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. UNESCO defines four levels of language endangerment between "safe" (not endangered) and "extinct":[1]

* Vulnerable
* Definitely endangered
* Severely endangered
* Critically endangered

## Languages

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Main article: Languages of China

China Language  | Status  | Comments  | ISO 639-3

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Adi language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: India | adi
Aluo language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | yna
Amis language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. | ami
Amok language | Critically endangered[1] | Also spoken in: Laos, Burma, Thailand | mqt
Anung language | Critically endangered[1] |  | nun
Aqaw Gelao language | Critically endangered[1] |  | gio
Ayizi language | Critically endangered[1] |  | yyz
Baheng language | Vulnerable[1] |  | pha
Baima language | Vulnerable[1] |  | bqh
Bokar language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: India | adi
Bola language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | bxd
Bonan language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | peh
Bori language | Definitely endangered[1] | Also spoken in: India | adi
Bunun language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. | bnn
Buryat language | Definitely endangered[1] | (Manchuria). Also spoken in: Mongolia | bxm, bxr, bxu
Buyang language | Severely endangered[1] |  | yzg, yha, yin
Chesu language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | ych
Chintaw language | Critically endangered[1] |  | xia
Choyi language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | qvy
Cosung language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | lkc
Dagur language | Critically endangered[1] | (Amur). | dta
Ersu language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | ers
Evenki language | Severely endangered[1] | (Northeast China). Also spoken in: Russia | tuw-sol, orh
Fuyu Kyrgyz language | Critically endangered[1] | (Northeast China). Belong to Siberian Turkic |
Gangou language | Severely endangered[1] |  |
Gazhuo language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | kaf
Green Gelao language | Critically endangered[1] |  | giq
Guichong language | Vulnerable[1] |  | gqi
Hlersu language | Vulnerable[1] |  | hle
Hu language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | huo
Huzhu Monguor language | Severely endangered[1] |  | mjg
Idu language | Definitely endangered[1] | Also spoken in: India | clk
Ili Turki language | Critically endangered[1] |  | ili
Jinuo language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | jiy, jiu
Jiongnai Bunu language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | pnu
Jone language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | cda
Kanakanavu language | Critically endangered[1] | Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. | xnb
Kangjia language | Severely endangered[1] |  | kxs
Kathu language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | ykt
Kavalan language | Critically endangered[1] | Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. | ckv
Khamba language | Definitely endangered[1] | Also spoken in: India | kbg
Khamnigan Mongol language | Definitely endangered[1] | Also spoken in: Mongolia, Russia |
Khmin language | Vulnerable[1] |  | bgk
Kilen language | Critically endangered[1] | Also spoken in: Russia | gld
Ladakhi language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: India | can, lbj, tkk
Laemae language | Severely endangered[1] |  |
Lai language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | ply
Laji language | Critically endangered[1] |  | lbt
Lajia language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | lbc
Lalo language | Vulnerable[1] |  | yik, ywt, yit, ywl
Lamu language | Critically endangered[1] |  | llh
Laomian language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | lwm
Lopnor Uighur | Critically endangered[1] | Also known as Lopluk. | uig
Mak language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | mkg
Manchu language | Critically endangered[1] | (Amur). | mnc
Manchu language | Critically endangered[1] | (Nonni). | mnc
Manchurian Kirghiz language | Critically endangered[1] |  |
Manchurian Ölöt language | Severely endangered[1] |  |
Mang language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | zng
Maonan language | Vulnerable[1] |  | mmd
Miju language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: India | mxj
Minhe Monguor language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | mjg
Miqie language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | yiq
Mo'ang language | Definitely endangered[1] |  |
Mok language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | tlq
Motuo Menba language | Definitely endangered[1] | Also spoken in: India | tsj
Mra language | Critically endangered[1] | Also spoken in: India |
Muda language | Vulnerable[1] |  | ymd
Muji language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | ymx, ymq, ymc, ymi, ymz
Mulam language | Vulnerable[1] |  | mlm
Mulao language | Severely endangered[1] |  |
Muya language | Vulnerable[1] |  | mvm
Na language | Critically endangered[1] | Also spoken in: India |
Naluo language | Vulnerable[1] |  | ylo
Namuyi language | Vulnerable[1] |  | nmy
Nanay language | Severely endangered[1] | Also spoken in: Russia | gld
Nataoran language | Critically endangered[1] | Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. | ais
Northern Tujia language | Severely endangered[1] |  | tji
Numao Bunu language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | bwx
Ordos language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | drh, khk, mvf
Oyrat language | Definitely endangered[1] | Also spoken in: Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia | xal
Paiwan language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. | pwn
Pakan language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | bbh
Patua language | Critically endangered[1] |  | mzs
Phula language | Vulnerable[1] |  | ypa, ypg, ypo, yip, ypn, yhl, ypb, phh, ypm, ypp, yph, ypz
Pupeo language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | laq
Pyuma language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. | pyu
Rao language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | tct
Red Gelao language | Critically endangered[1] |  | gir
Rukai language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. | dru
Saaroa language | Critically endangered[1] | Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. | sxr
Saisiyat language | Severely endangered[1] | Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. | xsy
Salar language | Vulnerable[1] |  | slr
Samatao language | Critically endangered[1] |  | ysd
Samatu language | Critically endangered[1] |  |
Samei language | Severely endangered[1] |  | smh
Sangkong language | Vulnerable[1] |  | sgk
Santa language | Vulnerable[1] |  | sce
Sanyi language | Severely endangered[1] |  | ysy
Sarikoli language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | srh
Saryg Yugur language | Severely endangered[1] |  | ybe
She language | Critically endangered[1] |  | shx
Sherpa language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: India, Nepal | xsr
Shingsaba language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: Nepal | lhm
Shira Yugur language | Severely endangered[1] |  | yuy
Shixing language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | sxg
Sibe language | Severely endangered[1] |  | sjo
Sinkiang Dagur language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | dta
Solon language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | evn, orh
Southern Tujia language | Severely endangered[1] |  | tjs
Sulung language | Definitely endangered[1] | Also spoken in: India | suv
Talu language | Vulnerable[1] |  | yta
Tanglang language | Vulnerable[1] |  | ytl
Tangwang language | Definitely endangered[1] |  |
Taroko language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. | trv
Taruang language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: India, Burma | mhu
Tawang language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: Bhutan, India | twm
Tayal language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. | tay
Thao language | Critically endangered[1] | Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. | ssf
Tinan language | Definitely endangered[1] | Also spoken in: India | lbf
Tshangla language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: Bhutan, India | tsj
Tsou language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. | tsy
Tuvan language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: Mongolia, Russia | tyv
U language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | uuu
Utsat language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | huq
Wakhi language | Definitely endangered[1] | Also spoken in: Pakistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan | wbl
Waxiang language | Vulnerable[1] |  | wxa
White Gelao language | Severely endangered[1] |  | giw
Wunai Bunu language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | bwn
Wuse language | Vulnerable[1] |  | eee
Wutun language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | wuh
Yami language | Vulnerable[1] | Also spoken in: Taiwan. Formosan languages. | tao
Yerong language | Severely endangered[1] |  | yrn
Younuo Bunu language | Definitely endangered[1] |  | buh
Zaiwa language | Definitely endangered[1] | Also spoken in: India | zkr
Zaozou language | Vulnerable[1] |  | zal
Zhaba language | Vulnerable[1] |  | zhb

Hokkien Language-Province of Fujian -Cantonese-Guangdong Province-Hakka-Guangdong, Fujian, Sichuan-Hainanese-Hainan

## See also

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* Lists of endangered languages
* Red Book of Endangered Languages
* Affirmative action in China
* List of endangered languages in Russia

## References

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