Learn the world's disappearing languages.
Start with numbers. Each quiz covers 0–100 in a language spoken by fewer people every year.
9 Languages to Start
More languages will be added over time.
KunigamiNorthern Okinawa, Japan
Critically EndangeredApproximately 1,000 speakers
Okinawan (Shuri dialect)Okinawa Island, Japan
Critically EndangeredApproximately 400,000 speakers (all dialects combined)
AinuHokkaido, Japan
Critically EndangeredApproximately 10 fluent native speakers
Ngäbere / GuaymíChiriquí & Bocas del Toro, Panamá; Chocó, Colombia
VulnerableApproximately 200,000 speakers
EmberáDarién & Chocó, Panamá & Colombia
VulnerableApproximately 30,000 speakers
GunaGuna Yala, Panamá; Antioquia, Colombia
VulnerableApproximately 70,000 speakers
NihaliNimar district, Madhya Pradesh & northern Maharashtra, India
Critically EndangeredApproximately 2,000–5,000 speakers
KolhatiMaharashtra & Karnataka, India
EndangeredApproximately 30,000–50,000 community members; active speakers fewer
KodavaKodagu district, Karnataka, India
EndangeredApproximately 100,000 speakers
How It Works
- 1
Pick a language
Choose from our growing list of endangered and extinct languages from around the world.
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Take the numbers quiz
Learn to count from 0 to 100 — a simple, concrete way to start hearing a new language.
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See your score and try again
Review what you got right, then repeat until the numbers feel familiar.
Languages carry culture, history, and ways of seeing the world that exist nowhere else. When a language disappears, that knowledge is lost forever.
This site is a small effort to keep them alive — one word, one number, one learner at a time.