Preservation

01 Endangerment at a glance

Languages by endangerment statusEach language counts once, at its most endangered entry.

Not endangered16
Threatened6
Shifting1
Extinct2

Vyanzo Glottolog 5.3 (2025), Agglomerated Endangerment Status Verified

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Hali	Languages
Not endangered	16
Threatened	6
Shifting	1
Extinct	2

02 Endangered languages

Languages with at least one entry rated threatened or worse.

کوردی / KurdîKurdish (Sorani, Kurmanji, Southern Kurdish)

Western Iran: Kurdistan, Kermanshah, West Azerbaijan, Ilam, and North Khorasan

Threatened
ܣܘܪܝܝܐAssyrian Neo-Aramaic (Urmia)

Urmia and Salmas, and Tehran

Shifting
Judeo-Persian

Iranian Jewish communities, written in the Hebrew script

Extinct
خلجKhalaj

Markazi province

Threatened
اچمیLari (Achomi)

Southern Fars and Hormozgan, and Gulf states

Threatened
سمنانیSemnani

Semnan

Threatened
هەورامیHawrami (Gorani)

Hawraman, Kurdistan and Kermanshah provinces

Threatened
براہوئیBrahui

Sistan and Baluchestan

Threatened
ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡀMandaic

Khuzestan, the Mandaean community

Extinct

03 Every entry

The UNESCO World Atlas of Languages first, to verify until it can be read; beside it, Glottolog’s Agglomerated Endangerment Status for each entry, with the source it rests on.

Shifting 1

Language	UNESCO Atlas	Glottolog entry	Status (AES)	Basis	Chanzo
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (Urmia)	To verify	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Shifting	Endangered	Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) Secondary source

Moribund 1

Language	UNESCO Atlas	Glottolog entry	Status (AES)	Basis	Chanzo
Mandaic	To verify	Neo-Mandaic	Moribund	Severely Endangered	Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) Secondary source

Extinct 2

Language	UNESCO Atlas	Glottolog entry	Status (AES)	Basis	Chanzo
Judeo-Persian	To verify	Judeo-Persian	Extinct	10 (Extinct)	Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (2025) Verified
Mandaic	To verify	Classical Mandaic	Extinct	9 (Second language only)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source

Threatened 7

Language	UNESCO Atlas	Glottolog entry	Status (AES)	Basis	Chanzo
Brahui	To verify	Brahui	Threatened	Vulnerable	Moseley (ed.). Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edition. UNESCO Publishing. (2010) Secondary source
Hawrami (Gorani)	To verify	Gurani	Threatened	Vulnerable	Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) Secondary source
Khalaj	To verify	Khalaj Turkic	Threatened	Vulnerable	Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) Secondary source
Kurdish (Sorani, Kurmanji, Southern Kurdish)	To verify	Northern Kurdish	Threatened	6b (Threatened)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Kurdish (Sorani, Kurmanji, Southern Kurdish)	To verify	Southern Kurdish	Threatened	6b (Threatened)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Lari (Achomi)	To verify	Larestani	Threatened	Vulnerable	Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) Secondary source
Semnani	To verify	Semnani-Biyabuneki	Threatened	Vulnerable	Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) Secondary source

Not endangered 22

Language	UNESCO Atlas	Glottolog entry	Status (AES)	Basis	Chanzo
Arabic (Khuzestani and Gulf Arabic)	To verify	Gilit Mesopotamian Arabic	Not endangered	3 (Wider communication)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Arabic (Khuzestani and Gulf Arabic)	To verify	Gulf Arabic	Not endangered	3 (Wider communication)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Armenian (Iranian Armenian)	To verify	Eastern Armenian	Not endangered	1 (National)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Balochi	To verify	Southern Balochi	Not endangered	5* (Developing)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Balochi	To verify	Western Balochi	Not endangered	5* (Developing)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Balochi	To verify	Eastern Balochi	Not endangered	5* (Developing)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Dari	To verify	Dari	Not endangered	1 (National)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Georgian (Fereydani)	To verify	Georgian	Not endangered	1 (National)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Gilaki	To verify	Gilaki	Not endangered	4 (Educational)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Kurdish (Sorani, Kurmanji, Southern Kurdish)	To verify	Central Kurdish	Not endangered	1 (National)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Laki	To verify	Laki	Not endangered	6a (Vigorous)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Luri and Bakhtiari	To verify	Northern Luri	Not endangered	6a (Vigorous)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Luri and Bakhtiari	To verify	Bakhtiari	Not endangered	6a (Vigorous)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Luri and Bakhtiari	To verify	Southern Luri	Not endangered	6a (Vigorous)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Mazandarani	To verify	Mazanderani	Not endangered	5* (Developing)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Persian (Farsi)	To verify	Western Farsi	Not endangered	1 (National)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Qashqai	To verify	Qashqa’i	Not endangered	6a (Vigorous)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
South Azerbaijani (Azerbaijani Turkish)	To verify	South Azerbaijani	Not endangered	3 (Wider communication)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Tajik	To verify	Tajik	Not endangered	1 (National)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
Talysh	To verify	North-Central Talysh	Not endangered	At risk	Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) Secondary source
Tati (Takestani)	To verify	Takestani	Not endangered	At risk	Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) Secondary source
Turkmen	To verify	Turkmen	Not endangered	1 (National)	Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source

Vyanzo Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (2025) Verified; Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) Secondary source; Moseley (ed.). Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edition. UNESCO Publishing. (2010) Secondary source; Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source; UNESCO. World Atlas of Languages. (2025) To verify

04 Documentation archives

Archive

Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR)

ELAR To verify
Archive

Endangered Languages Project (ElCat)

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and partners To verify
Archive

World Atlas of Languages

UNESCO To verify
Reference

Glottolog

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Checked 2026-10-23 Verified
Reference

PHOIBLE

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Checked 2026-10-23 Verified
Reference

World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS)

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Checked 2026-10-23 Verified
Corpus

Universal Dependencies

Universal Dependencies Checked 2026-10-23 Verified

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کوردی / KurdîKurdish (Sorani, Kurmanji, Southern Kurdish)

ܣܘܪܝܝܐAssyrian Neo-Aramaic (Urmia)

خلجKhalaj

اچمیLari (Achomi)

سمنانیSemnani

هەورامیHawrami (Gorani)

براہوئیBrahui

ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡀMandaic

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