List of endangered languages in Central America

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An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native speakers, it becomes an extinct language.

Central America (Spanish: Centroamérica or América Central) is a central geographic region of the Americas. It is variably defined either as the southern portion of North America, which connects with South America on the southeast, or as a region of the American continent in its own right.^[1][2]

Contents 1 Costa Rica 2 El Salvador 3 Guatemala 4 Honduras 5 Nicaragua 6 Panama 7 References

[edit] Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Language	Ethnonym	Speakers	Source	ISO 639-3	Ethnologue entry
Boruca language		5 women (1986 SIL)30 to 35 nonfluent speakers 1,000 (1991).	Ethnologue		Boruca language

[edit] El Salvador

El Salvador

Language	Ethnonym	Speakers	Source	ISO 639-3	Ethnologue entry
Pipil language		20 (1987) 196,576 (1987)	Ethnologue		Pipil language

[edit] Guatemala

Guatemala

Language	Ethnonym	Speakers	Source	ISO 639-3	Ethnologue entry
Itza' language		12 (1986 SIL) 1,800 (2001).	Ethnologue		Itza' language

[edit] Honduras

Honduras

Language	Ethnonym	Speakers	Source	ISO 639-3	Ethnologue entry
Lenca language		Only a few speakers in Honduras	Ethnologue		Lenca language

[edit] Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Language	Ethnonym	Speakers	Source	ISO 639-3	Ethnologue entry
Rama language		24 (1989 J Holm) 900 (2000 C Grinevald).	Ethnologue		Rama language

[edit] Panama

Panama

Language	Ethnonym	Speakers	Source	ISO 639-3	Ethnologue entry
San Miguel Creole French		3 (1999 SIL).	Ethnologue		San Miguel Creole French

[edit] References

1. ^ Central America, MSN Encarta. Accessed on line January 10, 2008.
2. ^ "Central America", vol. 3, Micropædia, The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 1990, 15th ed. ISBN 0-85229-511-1.

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