11/05/2014

The World's Most Rare, Weird, & Endangered Languages

The World's Most Rare, Weird & Endangered Languages

Language plays a big role in everyone's life, even though sometimes we do not think too much about it. Language is a tool to communicate real needs.


The World's Most Rare, Weird & Endangered Languages
Imagine if there was no language in the world, or you do not master a language, or all the people around you all the foreign language that only you understand your own language in the world!

The UN says that on average, a language disappears every two weeks. Worldwide, nearly there were 6,000 endangered languages. This language is rapidly disappearing due to reasons like they put the dead languages, and have also been integrated with other languages. The fact that there are languages ​​that are more prominent than others, and in today's world people considered it important to study other popular languages, so forget about the original language. Very shudder to think that the death of a language means the death of a culture. Of the 10 languages ​​most rare and endangered species from around the world, you know that the endangered languages ​​is also available in Indonesia:

Language Chamicuro (Chamekolo, Chamicolo, Chamicura)
The entire world there are only 8 people who speak Chamicuro, according to a 2008 study of language is commonly used in Peru and is currently considered critical, because most of the people who speak this language is old-old. No more children who speak Chamicuro because this area has been using Spanish as their daily language. However, those who speak this language are able to develop a dictionary of their terms. If you want to know how to say some of the animals in Chamicuro, use this: kawali (horse) polyo (chicken,) Pato (duck) katujkana (monkeys) ma'nali (dog,) Mishi (cat) waka (cow.)


Language Dumi (Dumi Bo'o, Bro Dumi, Lsi Rai, Ro'do Bo ', Sotmali)
Dumi, usually used in an area near the river Tap and Rava, Nepal. Also spoken in the mountainous region located in Khotang district in eastern Nepal. This is a Kiranti language, part of the Tibeto-Burman language family. With only 8 people speak it in 2007, these languages ​​are considered critically endangered.

Language Ongota / Birale
In 2008, the language used by the Ongota 6 native speakers, all of them are elderly. This makes this language critically endangered. However, unlike most languages ​​disappear; there is actually a professor at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia who do Ongota language studies. He concluded that this language follows the structure of the subject, object and verb. Ongota is Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia on the west bank of the Weito in a small village.

Language Liki (Moar)
Liki is a critical language spoken outside the islands north coast of Sarmi, Jayapura, and the District of Sarmi (?), all of which are located in Indonesia. In 2007, a study showed that only 5 people speak the language. In the past, the language spoken by a local church officials who lived in the region. This language is derived from the combination of languages, Malayo-Polynesian, Middle Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Sarmi-Jayapura Bay, and Sarmi.

Language Tanema (Tanima, Tetawo)
In the Solomon Islands, Tanema language was once used in places such as the island Vanikolo, Temotu Province and in a village emua. Currently, these languages ​​are spoken by only 4 people only according to the study in 2008. Tanema is a mixture of Austronesian languages ​​and Proto-Polynesian-East, and Marine. Many of them have ever talked Tanema have switched to Pidgin or Teanu, both of which are very popular language in the region. Want to learn Tanema? Try: wekini (to activate), Laro (swimming), He vamora (for work), and he Munana (to lie.)

Language Njerep
Njerep Bantoid is a language spoken in Nigeria. This language once spoken in Cameroon but not anymore. Now the most commonly used near Mambila. Currently, the language has been replaced by Mambila Njerep with different dialects such as Ba and Mvop. There are only 4 people who still speak Njerep according to a study conducted in 2007. Those who speak this language are elderly, so that in a few moments the language will likely be extinct.

Chemehuevi language
Chemehuevi, the language used by the Ute, Colorado, Southern Paiute, Utah, northern Arizona, southern Nevada, and on the Colorado River, California. While the Chemehuevi tribe although still there but the number of people who are fluent in it is hard to find. A study in 2007 showed that only 3 people fully speak this language and all adults. If you want to discuss things of that nature in the Chemehuevi, try words like kaiv (mountain), hucip (sea), mahav (trees), and tittvip (soil / ground).

Language Lemerig (Pak, Bek, Sasar, Leon, Glue)
the language used in Vanuatu, an island located in the southern Pacific Ocean about 1,000 kilometers east of northern Australia, Lemerig rank 3. More specifically, the language spoken on the island of Vanua Lava. The language has only two people who can speak fluently, according to the study in 2008. Lemerig consists of at least four different dialects, all of which may already be extinct.

Language Kaixana (Caixana)
Kaixana is one of the critically endangered languages of many that exist today. This language has been used near the edge of Japura River, located in Brazil. Over time, the Portuguese settlers took over the territory. At one point, nearly 200 people speak it. However, a 2006 study showed that only a single person is still talking Kaixana, so critically endangered and is destined to become extinct.

Language Taushiro (Pinche / Pinchi)
Taushiro, native Peruvian language, spoken in the Tigre River, Aucayacu River, which is tributary Ahuaruna. Known as a language isolate, which means it does not have a real connection with other languages. Those who speak it are usually just count to ten, using their fingers. For example, to say "one" in Taushiro, you will say washikanto. To say the number is above 10, you will say "ashintu" and pointing your toes. In 2008, a study conducted in the language, Taushiro concluded that only one person can speak this language smoothly. This language has been listed as endangered languages.

Dusner Language
Rarest languages ​​in the world, Dusner, was derived from Papua province, where three people are still mastering the language of today are elderly and were injured as a result of natural disasters. Similarly, claims a number of linguists from the University of Oxford, as reported by the Straits Times, Wednesday (27/04/2011). Companion anehdidunia.com two out of three people who are able to speak Dusner Language reportedly almost died due to floods. Meanwhile, the other one living near the volcano when it erupted mounts.

Australian newspaper reported, the syntactic expert Mary Dalrymple had to fly to Papua to understand the language. "A few months really stressful because we were waiting to hear whether the three men survived the disaster," said Dalrymple. "Women who live near the volcano were badly injured. He was stuck there and cannot leave the house, and yet he survived," he added.

Given only three people who still control Dusner Language, and now aged between 60 and 70 years, Dalrymple hopes to document the language before actually extinct. "We just know the existence of this language last year. If we do not document it before it is lost, this language will be completely extinct," said Dalrymple.

Dusner Language used in the Gulf of Paradise in Papua province, Indonesia. According to Dalrymple, parents Dusner Language speaker is most likely derived from the Malay and did not think to teach the language to their children because they think finding a job is more important. Currently there are approximately 130 languages ​​that the user only has less than 10. Overall, there are 6,000 different languages ​​that use the entire population of the world, where half are at risk of extinction before the 21st century ends.

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