# List of extinct languages of Asia

This is a list of extinct languages of Asia, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers, and no spoken descendant.
There are 217 languages listed. 18 from Central Asia, 44 from East Asia, 20 from South Asia, 42 from Southeast Asia, 27 from Siberia and 71 from West Asia.

## Central Asia

| Language/dialect | Family | Date of extinction | Ethnic group(s) | Native to | Notes |
| Avestan | Indo-European | 800s BC | Avestan people | Central Asia | Used as scriptural language of Zoroastrianism |
| Bactrian | Indo-European | 1000s AD | Bactrians | Bactria | |
| Bulgar | Turkic | 1200s AD | Bulgars | Pontic–Caspian steppe | |
| Cuman | Turkic | 1770 AD | Cumans | Cumania | |
| Fergana Kipchak | Turkic | 1920s | Fergana Kipchak speakers | Fergana Valley | |
| Gorgani | Indo-European | 1500-1700s AD | Semnani | Gorgan | |
| Hunnic | Turkic | 400s AD | Huns | Eurasian Steppe | |
| Inku | Indo-European | 1990s | Jalali, Pikraj, Shadibaz, Vangawala | Afghanistan | |
| Kambojan | Indo-European | [data missing] | Kambojas | Kamboja Kingdom | |
| Khazar | Turkic | 1100s AD | Khazars | Khazar Khaganate | |
| Khwarezmian | Turkic | 1000s AD | Khwarezmians | Khwarazm | |
| Moghol | Mongolic | 2013 | Moghols | Herat | |
| Nam | Sino-Tibetan | [data missing] | Nam speakers | Central Asia | |
| Pahlavani | Indo-European | [data missing] | Pahlavani people | Chakhansur District | |
| Parthian | Indo-European | 1000s AD | Parthians | Parthia | |
| Sarghulami | Indo-European | by 2014 | Sarghulami | Badakhshan | |
| Vanji | Indo-European | after 1925 | Vanj people | Emirate of Bukhara | |
| Wotapuri-Katarqalai | Indo-European | 1960 | Wotapuri-Katarqalai speakers | Afghanistan | |

## East Asia

| Language/dialect | Family | Date of extinction | Ethnic group(s) | Native to | Notes |
| Agnean | Indo-European | 850 AD | Tocharians | Tarim Basin | |
| Alchuka | Tungusic | 1980s | Alchuka | Heilongjiang | |
| Babuza | Austronesian | by 1977 | Babuza and Taokas | western coast of Taiwan | |
| Baekje | Koreanic | 600s AD | Baekje | Baekje | |
| Bailang | Sino-Tibetan | 300s AD | Bailang speakers | Sichuan | |
| Bala | Tungusic | 1982 AD | Bala | Zhangguangcai Range | |
| Balhae | unclassified | [data missing] | Balhae speakers | Balhae | |
| Basay | Austronesian | 1940-1960s | Qauqaut and Basay | Northern Taiwan | |
| Buyeo | Koreanic? | 500s AD | Yemaek | Manchuria | |
| Chinese Kyakala | Tungusic | 1980s | Kyakala | Northeastern China | |
| Di | unclassified | after 500s AD | Di | western China | |
| Dingling | unclassified | after 600s AD | Dingling | northern China | |
| Favorlang | Austronesian | 1740-1760s | Babuza | Taiwan | |
| Gaya | unclassified | 600s AD | Kara tribal confederation | Gaya confederacy | |
| Goguryeo | Koreanic? | 700s AD | Goguryeo people | Manchuria and Korea | |
| Jie | either Yeniseian or Turkic | after 350 AD | Jie people | Northern China | |
| Kiautschou German pidgin | German-based pidgin | 1900-1920s | German-educated Chinese | Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory | |
| Khitan | Para-Mongolic? | 1125 AD | Khitan people | northeastern China, southeastern Mongolia and eastern Siberia | |
| Khoton | Turkic | 1800s AD | Khotons | Inner Mongolia and Mongolia | |
| Kroränian | Indo-European | 850 AD | Tocharians | Tarim Basin | |
| Kuchean | Indo-European | 850 AD | Tocharians | Kucha | |
| Kulon | Austronesian | [data missing] | Kulon speakers | Taiwan | |
| Lewu | Sino-Tibetan | 1985 | Yao | Yunnan | |
| Luilang | Austronesian | by 1977 | Ketagalan | Banqiao District | |
| Luren | Sino-Tibetan | 1960s | Luren | Guizhou | |
| Mahan | Koreanic? | 600s AD | Mahan people | Mahan confederacy | |
| Okjeo | Koreanic? | 500s AD | Okjeo people | Okjeo | |
| Old Yue | unclassified | 0s AD | Nanyue | Southern China | |
| Papora-Hoanya | Austronesian | by 2009 | Papora and Hoanya | Taiwan | |
| Pazeh | Austronesian | 2010 | Kazabu and Pazeh people | Taiwan | 12 speakers of Kaxabu dialect |
| Rouran | Mongolic | after 620 AD | Rouran | Rouran Khaganate (Mongolia and Northern China) | |
| Siraya | Austronesian | 1800s AD | Siraya | Taiwan | |
| Taivoan | Austronesian | 1870-1890s AD | Taivoan people | Taiwan | |
| Tamna | Japonic? | 1400s AD | Tamnans | Tamna | |
| Tangut | Sino-Tibetan | 1500s AD | Tangut | Northwestern China | |
| Tuyuhun | Para-Mongolic? | 500s AD | Tuyuhun people | Tuyuhun | |
| Tuoba | Para-Mongolic? | 400s AD | Tuoba | Northern China and Mongolia | |
| Wuhuan | Para-Mongolic? | 200s AD | Wuhuan | Inner Mongolia | |
| Wusun | Indo-European | after 5th century AD | Wusun | Qilian Mountains and Dunhuang | |
| Xiongnu | Turkic | 100s AD | Xiongnu | Xiongnu Empire | |
| Xianbei | Para-Mongolic? | 200s AD | Xianbei | Xianbei state | |
| Ye-Maek | Koreanic | 500s AD | Yemaek | Manchuria and Southern Korea | |
| Yokohamese | Japanese based pidgin | 1870-1890s | Western and Chinese traders | Yokohama | |
| Zhang-Zhung | Sino-Tibetan | 900s AD | Zhangzhung people | western Tibet | |

## South Asia

| Language/dialect | Family | Date of extinction | Ethnic group(s) | Native to | Notes |
| Ahom | Kra–Dai | 1800s | Ahoms | Assam |
| Angami Naga Sign Language | language isolate | after 1921 | Angami Nagas | Nagaland | |
| Ashokan Prakrit | Indo-European | 232 BC | Ashoka | Maurya Empire | |
| Bengali Portuguese Creole | Portuguese creole | early 20th century | Bengali Portuguese Creole speakers | India and Bangladesh | |
| Bombay Portuguese Creole | Portuguese creole | [data missing] | Bombay Portuguese Creole speakers | Mumbai |
| Chakpa | Sino-Tibetan | since the 1950s | Chakpa speakers | Manipur | |
| Cochin Portuguese Creole | Portuguese creole | 20 August 2010 | Cochin Portuguese Creole speakers | Kochi | |
| Dura | Sino-Tibetan | August 2008 | Dura | Nepal | |
| Gandhari | Indo-European | 200s AD | Gandhari people | Gandhara | |
| Harappan | unclassified | 1900s BC | Harappan people | Indus River | |
| Judeo-Urdu | Indo-European | 1700s | Baghdadi Jews | Mumbai and Kolkata | |
| Lubanki | Indo-European | [data missing] | Labana | Punjab | |
| Malaryan | Dravidian | by 1996 | Malaryan speakers | Kerala | |
| Moran | Sino-Tibetan | by 1931 | Morans | Assam | |
| Nagarchal | Dravidian | 1981 | Nagarchi | Central India | |
| Paishachi | Indo-European | 900s AD | Paishachi people | North India | |
| Rangas | Sino-Tibetan | after 1900-1920s | Rangkas people | Uttarakhand | |
| Shauraseni Prakrit | Indo-European | 1000s AD | Medieval Indians | Medieval India | |
| Tolcha | Sino-Tibetan | since the 1950s | Tolcchas | Niti Valley | Dialect of Rongpo |
| Ullatan | Dravidian | 1991 | Ulladan | India | |

## Southeast Asia

| Language/dialect | Family | Date of extinction | Ethnic group(s) | Native to |
| Ata | Austronesian | 2001-2007 | Ata speakers | Negros |
| Bale | Andamanese | 1930-1950s | Bale | Ritchie's Archipelago, Havelock Island and Neil Island | |
| Bea | Andamanese | 1931 | Bea | western Andaman Strait and the northern and western coast of South Andaman | |
| Bo | Andamanese | January 26, 2010 | Bo | west central coast of the North Andaman and on the North Reef Island | Dialect of Northern Andamanese |
| Cari | Andamanese | April 4, 2020 | Cari | north coast of North Andaman and on Landfall Island | Dialect of Northern Andamanese |
| Dicamay Agta | Austronesian | 1957-1974 | Aeta | Luzon |
| Great Andamanese koiné | Mixed Khora–Bo–Jeru–Sare on a Jeru base | 2009 | Jeru | Strait Island | |
| Hoti | Austronesian | by 2007 AD | Hoti speakers | Maluku Islands |
| Hpon | Sino-Tibetan | 1990s | Hpon speakers | Myanmar |
| Hukumina | Austronesian | by 2024 | Hukumina speakers | northwest Buru |
| Jangil | Andamanese | by 1920s | Jangil | Rutland Island | Unattested |
| Judeo-Malay | Austronesian | [data missing] | Malaysian Jews | Penang | |
| Juwoi | Andamanese | 1931 | Juwoi | west central and southwest interior of Middle Andaman | |
| Kamarian | Austronesian | 2001-2007 | Kamarian | west Seram Island | |
| Katabangan | Austronesian | by 2006 | Agta | Bondoc Peninsula | |
| Kayeli | Austronesian | 1989 | Kayeli people | Buru | |
| Kede | Andamanese | 1930-1950s | Aka-Kede | Southeast Middle Andaman | |
| Kenaboi | unclassified | after 1890s | Kenaboi | Negeri Sembilan | |
| Kol | Andamanese | 1921 | Kol | Northern section of Middle Andaman | |
| Kora | Andamanese | November 2009 | Kora | northeast and north central coasts of North Andaman and Smith Island | Dialect of Northern Andamanese |
| Lelak | Austronesian | 1970s | Lelak people | Sarawak |
| Loun | Austronesian | [data missing] | Loun people | Maluku Islands |
| Luhu | Austronesian | by 2024 | Luhu speakers | Seram Island |
| Makuva | Trans–New Guinea? | 1950s | Makuva people | East Timor |
| Mardijker | Portuguese creole | 2012 | Mardijker people | Jakarta |
| Moksela | unclassified | 1974 | Moksela people | Buru Island |
| Nila | Austronesian | 1999 | Nila speakers | Nila Island and Seram Island |
| Pucikwar | Andamanese | 1930-1950s | Pucikwar | south coast of Middle Andaman, northeast coast of South Andaman and Baratang Island | |
| Palumata | Austronesian? | by 2024 | Palumata speakers | Buru | |
| Phalok | Austroasiatic | since 1950s | Phalok people | Chiang Mai | |
| Portugis | Portuguese creole | by 2024 | Christians of mixed Portuguese and Malay ancestry | Indonesia | |
| Pyu | Sino-Tibetan | 1100s AD | Pyu people | Myanmar | |
| Rusenu | Trans–New Guinea? | after 2007 | Rusenu speakers | eastern East Timor | |
| Sabüm | Austroasiatic | 1976 | [data missing] | Malaysia | |
| Seru | Austronesian | since 1950s | Seru people | Sarawak | |
| Serua | Austronesian | by 2024 | Seruans | Seram Island | |
| Taman | Sino-Tibetan | 1990s | Shan | Tamanthi |
| Tambora | Papuan | April 1815 | Tambora culture | Sumbawa |
| Tây Bồi | French pidgin | after 1954 | Vietnamese people | Vietnam |
| Teun | Austronesian | 2013 | Teun speakers | Seram Island |
| Timor Pidgin | Portuguese creole | 1960s | Portuguese settlers | Dili |
| Wila' | Austroasiatic | 1800s-1820s | Wila' speaking people | Malaysia |

## Siberia

| Language/dialect | Family | Date of extinction | Ethnic group(s) | Native to | Notes |
| Arin | Yeniseian | late 1730s | Arins | Yenisey between Yeniseysk and Krasnoyarsk | |
| Arman | Tungusic | 1970s | Evens | Arman river | Dialect of Even |
| Assan | Yeniseian | 1790 | Asan people | Krasnoyarsk Krai | |
| Bering Aleut | Eskaleut | March 2021 | Aleuts | Kamchatka Krai, Russia | Dialect of Aleut |
| Chuvan | Yukaghir | 1700s | Chuvans | Anadyr river basin of Chukotka | |
| Eastern Itelmen | Chukotko-Kamchatkan | 1930s | Itelmens | Kamchatka Peninsula | |
| Eastern Mansi | Uralic | 2018 | Mansi | Khanty-Mansi | |
| Govorka | Russian based creole | by 2005 | Nganasan | Taymyr Peninsula | |
| Kamas | Uralic | 1989 | Kamasins | north of the Sayan Mountains | |
| Kamas Turk | Turkic | since 1950s | Khakas | Khakassia | Dialect of Khakas |
| Kerek | Chukotko-Kamchatkan | 2005 | Kereks | Chukotka | |
| Kott | Yeniseian | 1800s | Kotts | Mana | |
| Kuril Ainu | Ainu | 1850-1890s | Kuril Ainu | Kuril Islands, Kamchatka and Hokkaido | |
| Kyakhta | Russian-Chinese pidgin | 1920-1940s | Russian and Chinese traders | Kyakhta | |
| Lower Chulym | Turkic | 2011 | Chulyms | Siberia | Dialect of Chulym |
| Mator | Uralic | 1840 AD | Koibal | Sayan Mountains | |
| Mednyj Aleut | Mixed Aleut–Russian | October 2022 | Alaskan Creoles on Medny Island | Commander Islands, Russia | |
| Omok | Yukaghir | 1700s | Omoks | Yakutia and Magadan | |
| Pumpokol | Yeniseian | 1740s | Pumpokols | Yenisey | |
| Sakhalin Ainu | Ainu | 1994 | Sakhalin Ainu | Sakhalin and Hokkaido | |
| Sireniki | Eskaleut | 1997 | Sirenik Eskimos | Bering Strait region | |
| Southern Itelmen | Chukotko-Kamchatkan | 1900s | Itelmens | Kamchatka Peninsula | |
| Southern Khanty | Uralic | 1940s-1960s | Khanty | lower Irtysh | 56 speakers reported in 2010 |
| Southern Mansi | Uralic | 1930-1970s | Mansi | Sverdlovsk | |
| Western Mansi | Uralic | 1970-1990s | Mansi | Sverdlovsk | |
| Yugh | Yeniseian | by 1972 | Yug | Yenisey | |
| Yurats | Uralic | 1800s | Yurats | west of the Yenisey | |

## West Asia

| Language/dialect | Family | Date of extinction | Ethnic group(s) | Native to |
| Adhari | Indo-European | 1600s AD | Azeris | Iranian Azerbaijan | |
| Akkadian | Afroasiatic | 100s AD | Akkadians | Mesopotamia | |
| Ammonite | Afroasiatic | 500s BC | Ammonites | northwestern Jordan | |
| Amorite | Afroasiatic | 2nd millennium BC | Amorites | Levant | |
| Ancient Cappadocian | unclassified | 500s AD | Ancient Cappadocian speakers | Anatolia | |
| Armazic | Afroasiatic | 100s AD | Aramaic Caucasians | South Caucasus | Dialect of Aramaic |
| Carian | Indo-European | 200s BC | Carians | Caria | |
| Cimmerian | Indo-European | 620-580s BC | Cimmerians | West Asia | |
| Dadanitic | Afroasiatic | second half of the first millennium BC | Lihyanites | Lihyan | |
| Daylami | Indo-European | 1300s AD | Daylamites | South Caspian Sea | |
| Dilmunite | Afroasiatic | First half of the second millennium BC | Arabs | Dilmun | |
| Dumaitic | Afroasiatic | 600s BC | Lihyanites | Lihyan | |
| Eblaite | Afroasiatic | 3rd millennium BC | Eblabites | Ebla | |
| Edomite | Afroasiatic | early half of 1st millennium BC | Edomites | southwest Jordan and southern Israel | |
| Elamite | language isolate | 700s BC | Elamites | Elam | |
| Eteocypriot | unclassified | 300s BC | Eteocypriots | Cyprus | |
| Galatian | Indo-European | 500s AD | Galatians | Galatia | |
| Garachi | Indo-European | [data missing] | Garachi | Azerbaijan | Dialect of Domari |
| Gutian | unclassified | [data missing] | Guti | Zagros Mountains? | |
| Hadramautic | Afroasiatic | 600s AD | Hadramites | Yemen, Oman and Saudi Arabia | |
| Hasaitic | Afroasiatic | 100s AD | Arabs | Al-Ahsa Oasis | |
| Hattian | unclassified | 2nd millennium BC | Hattians | Anatolia | |
| Himyaritic | Afroasiatic | by 1000s AD | Himyarite tribal confederacy | Yemen | |
| Hismaic | Afroasiatic | 300s AD | Arabs | Ḥismā | |
| Hittite | Indo-European | 1180s BC | Hittites | Anatolia | |
| Hurrian | Hurro-Urartian | 1st millennium BC | Hurrians | Mitanni | |
| Isaurian | Indo-European | 500s AD | Isaurians | Isauria | |
| Judeo-Golpaygani | Indo-European | [data missing] | Persian Jews | Golpayegan | |
| Kalasmaic | Indo-European | 1200s BC | Luwic people | Anatolia | |
| Karapapakh | Turkic | 1900s | Karapapakhs | South Caucasus | |
| Kaskian | unclassified | 700s BC | Kaskians | Northeastern Anatolia and Colchis | |
| Kassite | Hurro-Urartian ? | 300s BC | Kassites | Babylon | |
| Kilit | Indo-European | after 1950s | Talysh of Kilit | Nakhchivan | |
| Luwian | Indo-European | 1st millennium BC | Luwians | Anatolia and northern Syria | |
| Lycaonian | unclassified | after 50 AD | Lycaonians | Lycaonia | |
| Lycian | Indo-European | 200s BC | Lycians | Lycia and Lycaonia | |
| Lydian | Indo-European | 200s BC | Lydians | Lydia | |
| Malatia | Indo-European | [data missing] | Armenians | Adıyaman | Dialect of Armenian |
| Mamluk-Kipchak | Turkic | after 1516 AD | Mamluk | Syria | |
| Median | Indo-European | 100s AD | Medes | Persia | |
| Milyan | Indo-European | 1st millennium BC | Milyans | Milyas | |
| Minaean | Afroasiatic | 600s AD | Minaeans | Yemen | |
| Minoan | unclassified | 1450s BC | Minoans | Crete and Ugarit | |
| Mitanni Indo-Aryan | Indo-European | after 1300s BC | Indo-Aryan peoples | Mitanni | |
| Mlaḥsô | Afroasiatic | 1999 | Syriac Orthodox Christians | Mlahsô and Qamishli | |
| Moabite | Afroasiatic | early half of 1st millennium BC | Moabites | Moab | |
| Mycenaean Greek | Indo-European | 1200s BC | Mycenaean Greeks | Mycenaean Greece | |
| Mysian | Indo-European | 0s BC | Mysians | Mysia | |
| Nabataean Arabic | Afroasiatic | 0s AD | Nabataeans | Levant, Sinai Peninsula and northwest Arabia | |
| Palaic | Indo-European | 2nd millennium BC | Palaic peoples | Pala | |
| Palmyrene Aramaic | Afroasiatic | after 274 AD | Palmyrenes | Syrian Desert, primarily in Palmyra | |
| Philistine Canaanite | Afroasiatic | 700s BC | Philistines | Philistia | |
| Philistine Indo-European | unclassified, probably Indo-European | 900s BC | Philistines | Philistia | |
| Phoenician | Afroasiatic | 1st millennium BC | Phoenicians | Canaan and Cyprus | |
| Phrygian | Indo-European | after 400 AD | Phrygians | Central Anatolia | |
| Pisidic | Indo-European | 200s BC | Pisidians | Pisidia | |
| Qatabanian | Afroasiatic | 600s AD | People of Qataban | Yemen | |
| Sabaic | Afroasiatic | 600s AD | Sabaeans | Yemen | |
| Sabir | Romance-based pidgin | 1800s AD | Medieval traders and Crusaders | Mediterranean Basin | |
| Safaitic | Afroasiatic | 200s AD | Northern Arabs | Syria | |
| Samalian | Afroasiatic | 730s BC | People of Samʾal | Samʾal | |
| Sidetic | Indo-European | 200s BC | People of Side | Side | |
| South Gileadite | Afroasiatic | 770s BC | People of Deir Alla | Deir Alla | |
| Sumerian | language isolate | 0s AD | Sumerians | Sumer and Akkad | |
| Sutean | Afroasiatic | 1100s BC | Suteans | Levant and Mesopotamia | |
| Taymanitic | Afroasiatic | 500s BC | Ancient North Arabian Arabs | Tayma | |
| Thamudic | Afroasiatic | after 267 AD | Thamud | Kingdom of Thamud | |
| Trojan | unclassified | c. 1300 BC | Trojans | Troy | |
| Ubykh | Northwest Caucasian | 7 October 1992 AD | Ubykh | Ubykhia | |
| Ugaritic | Afroasiatic | 1300s BC | People of Ugarit | Levant | |
| Urartian | Hurro-Urartian | 1st millennium BC | Urartian | Urartu | |