This statistic presents the ranking of countries worldwide with the most endangered languages in 2023. Indonesia was by far the country with the most languages at risk of extinction, totaling 425 languages.
The source specifies that currently, out of the 7,168 living languages in the world, 3,078 are classified as endangered, representing 43 percent of the total languages spoken worldwide.
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Visual Capitalist. (March 15, 2024). Countries in the world with the most endangered languages in 2023 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/1639252/languages-at-risk-of-disappearing-worldwide/
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