List of endangered languages in Russia
An endangered language is a language that 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. A language may be endangered in one area but show signs of revitalisation in another, as with the Irish language.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization defines five levels of language endangerment between "safe" and "extinct":
- Vulnerable – "most children speak the language, but it may be restricted to certain domains "
- Definitely endangered – "children no longer learn the language as mother tongue in the home"
- Severely endangered – "language is spoken by grandparents and older generations; while the parent generation may understand it, they do not speak it to children or among themselves"
- Critically endangered – "the youngest speakers are grandparents and older, and they speak the language partially and infrequently"
- Extinct – "there are no speakers left; included in the Atlas if presumably extinct since the 1950s"
| Language | Status | Language Family | Nations | ISO 639-3 |
| Abaza language | Definitely endangered | Northwest Caucasian | Russia, Turkey | abq |
| Abkhaz language | Vulnerable | Northwest Caucasian | Georgia, Russia, Turkey | abk |
| Adyghe language | Definitely endangered | Northwest Caucasian | Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Macedonia, Russia, Syria, Turkey | ady |
| Agul language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Azerbaijan, Russia | agx |
| Akhvakh language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Azerbaijan, Russia | akv |
| Aleut language | Critically endangered | Eskaleut | Russia, United States | ale |
| Alutor language | Severely endangered | Chukotko-Kamchatkan | Russia | alu |
| Andi language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | ani |
| Archi language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | aqc |
| Avar language | Vulnerable | Northeast Caucasian | Azerbaijan, Russia | ava |
| Bagvalal language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | kva |
| Baraba Tatar dialect | Severely endangered | Turkic | Russia | |
| Bashkir language | Vulnerable | Turkic | Russia | bak |
| Belarusian language | Vulnerable | Indo-European | Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine | bel |
| Bezhta language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | kap |
| Bohtan Neo-Aramaic dialect | Severely endangered | Afro-Asiatic | Georgia, Russia | bhn |
| Botlikh language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | bph |
| Buryat language | Severely endangered | Mongolic | China, Mongolia, Russia | bua |
| Central Selkup language | Critically endangered | Uralic | Russia | |
| Central Siberian Yupik language | Severely endangered | Eskaleut | Russia, United States | ess |
| Chamalal language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | cji |
| Chechen language | Vulnerable | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | che |
| Chelkan language | Severely endangered | Turkic | Russia | |
| Chukchi language | Severely endangered | Chukotko-Kamchatkan | Russia | ckt |
| Chulym language | Critically endangered | Turkic | Russia | clw |
| Chuvash language | Vulnerable | Turkic | Russia | chv |
| Dargwa language | Vulnerable | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | dar |
| Dolgan language | Definitely endangered | Turkic | Russia | dlg |
| Eastern Khanty language | Definitely endangered | Uralic | Russia | |
| Eastern Mansi language | Critically endangered | Uralic | Russia | |
| Eastern Mari language | Definitely endangered | Uralic | Russia | mhr |
| Erzya language | Definitely endangered | Uralic | Russia | myv |
| Even language | Severely endangered | Tungusic | Russia | eve |
| Evenki language | Severely endangered | Tungusic | China, Russia | evn |
| Forest Enets language | Critically endangered | Uralic | Russia | enf |
| Forest Nenets language | Severely endangered | Uralic | Russia | |
| Forest Yukagir language | Critically endangered | Yukaghir | Russia | yux |
| Godoberi language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | gdo |
| Hinukh language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | gin |
| Homshetsi dialect | Severely endangered | Indo-European | Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Turkey | |
| Hunzib language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Georgia, Russia | huz |
| Ingrian language | Severely endangered | Uralic | Russia | izh |
| Ingush language | Vulnerable | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | inh |
| Itelmen language | Critically endangered | Chukotko-Kamchatkan | Russia | itl |
| Judeo-Tat | Definitely endangered | Indo-European | Azerbaijan, Israel, Russia | jdt |
| Kabardian | Vulnerable | Northwest Caucasian | Jordan, Russia, Syria, Turkey | kbd |
| Kalmyk language | Definitely endangered | Mongolic | Russia | xal |
| Karachay-Balkar language | Vulnerable | Turkic | Russia | krc |
| Karata language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | kpt |
| Karelian language | Definitely endangered | Uralic | Finland, Russia | krl |
| Ket language | Severely endangered | Yeniseian | Russia | ket |
| Khakas language | Definitely endangered | Turkic | Russia | kjh |
| Khamnigan Mongol language | Definitely endangered | Mongolic | China, Mongolia, Russia | ykh |
| Khwarshi language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | khv |
| Kildin Saami language | Severely endangered | Uralic | Russia | sjd |
| Kili language | Severely endangered | Tungusic | Russia | |
| Komi language | Definitely endangered | Uralic | Russia | kpv |
| Koryak language | Severely endangered | Chukotko-Kamchatkan | Russia | kpy |
| Kumandin language | Critically endangered | Turkic | Russia | |
| Kumyk language | Vulnerable | Turkic | Russia | kum |
| Lak language | Vulnerable | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | lbe |
| Latgalian language | Vulnerable | Indo-European | Latvia, Russia | ltg |
| Lezgian language | Vulnerable | Northeast Caucasian | Azerbaijan, Russia | lez |
| Ludic language | Severely endangered | Uralic | Russia | lud |
| Moksha language | Definitely endangered | Uralic | Russia | mdf |
| Nanai language | Severely endangered | Tungusic | China, Russia | gld |
| Naukan Yupik language | Critically endangered | Eskaleut | Russia | ynk |
| Negidal language | Critically endangered | Tungusic | Russia | neg |
| Nganasan language | Severely endangered | Uralic | Russia | nio |
| Nivkh language | Severely endangered | Isolate | Russia | niv |
| Nogai language | Definitely endangered | Turkic | Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan | nog |
| Northern Sámi | Definitely endangered | Uralic | Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden | sme |
| Northern Altai language | Severely endangered | Turkic | Russia | atv |
| Northern Khanty language | Definitely endangered | Uralic | Russia | |
| Northern Mansi language | Severely endangered | Uralic | Russia | |
| Northern Selkup language | Severely endangered | Uralic | Russia | |
| Olonetsian language | Definitely endangered | Uralic | Finland, Russia | olo |
| Oroch language | Critically endangered | Tungusic | Russia | oac |
| Orok language | Critically endangered | Tungusic | Japan, Russia | oaa |
| Ossetian language | Vulnerable | Indo-European | Georgia, Russia | oss |
| Pontic Greek language | Definitely endangered | Indo-European | Armenia, Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine | pnt |
| Romani language | Definitely endangered | Indo-European | Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom | rom |
| Rutul language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Azerbaijan, Russia | rut |
| Seto dialect | Definitely endangered | Uralic | Estonia, Russia | |
| Shor language | Severely endangered | Turkic | Russia | cjs |
| Siberian Tatar language | Definitely endangered | Turkic | Russia | sty |
| Skolt Sámi language | Severely endangered | Uralic | Finland, Russia | sms |
| Southern Altai language | Definitely endangered | Turkic | Russia | alt |
| Southern Selkup language | Critically endangered | Uralic | Russia | |
| Soyot language | Extinct, partly revitalized | Turkic | Mongolia, Russia | |
| Tabasaran language | Vulnerable | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | tab |
| Taz dialect | Severely endangered | Sino-Tibetan | Russia | |
| Teleut language | Critically endangered | Turkic | Russia | |
| Ter Sámi language | Critically endangered | Uralic | Russia | sjt |
| Tindi language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | tin |
| Tofa language | Critically endangered | Turkic | Russia | kim |
| Türkpen | Definitely endangered | Turkic | Russia | |
| Tsakhur language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Azerbaijan, Russia | tkr |
| Tsez language | Definitely endangered | Northeast Caucasian | Russia | ddo |
| Tundra Enets language | Critically endangered | Uralic | Russia | enh |
| Tundra Nenets language | Definitely endangered | Uralic | Russia | |
| Tundra Yukagir language | Critically endangered | Yukaghir | Russia | ykg |
| Tuvan language | Vulnerable | Turkic | China, Mongolia, Russia | tyv |
| Udege language | Critically endangered | Tungusic | Russia | ude |
| Udmurt language | Definitely endangered | Uralic | Russia | udm |
| Ulch language | Critically endangered | Tungusic | Russia | ulc |
| Veps language | Severely endangered | Uralic | Russia | vep |
| Votic language | Critically endangered | Uralic | Russia | vot |
| Western Mari language | Severely endangered | Uralic | Russia | mrj |
| Yakut language | Vulnerable | Turkic | Russia | sah |
| Yiddish language | Definitely endangered | Indo-European | Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom | ydd |