issue 172 , march 5 , 2009 : the book has loses manx in the isle of wight , ubykh in turkey and last year hawaii ' s latest native speaker of eyak , marie thompson jones , died , taking the australian language with her . of the 6 , 900 varieties played in the globe , some 2 , 500 are endangered , the country ' s cultural agency unesco said this week as it released its latest atlas of world languages . that represents a ten - dimensional improvement from the first map compiled in 2001 which lists 900 languages faced with decline . but speakers says this is more the result of poor investigative methods than of an overall dire situation for the americas ' s other tongues .
2,500 languages are in danger of extinction.