chapter 172 , may 5 , 2009 : the country has lost sámi in the isle of man , ubykh in turkey and last , europe ' s previous native spoken of eyak , marie louise jones , died , taking the aboriginal language with her . of the 6 , 900 dialects studied in the world , some 2 , 500 are endangered , the un ' s historic service unesco said this week as it released its latest catalog of world english . that sees a multi - fold change from the same study compiled in 2001 which categorized 900 languages associated with extinction . but observers say this is more the effect of adequate researchers tools than of an increasingly hazardous situation for the continent ' s many tongues .
2,500 languages are in danger of extinction.