edition 172 , march 5 , 2009 : the world has gone manx in the land of hand , ubykh in turkey and last summer alaska ' s final known player of eyak , marie smith henry , died , taking the local language with her . of the 6 , 900 languages spoken in the globe , some 2 , 500 are endangered , the un ' s research agency unesco said this weekend as it uploaded its latest atlas of american languages . that represents a multi - point increase from the last atlas compiled in 2001 with listed 900 languages threatened with extinction . but experts says this is more the result of better researching tools than of an overly dire situation for the world ' s many people .
2,500 languages are in danger of extinction.