Koro
threatenedKoro is a language previously unknown to science that was documented in the mountains of northeast India. It is spoken by no more than 4000 people.
Photograph of Abamu Degio singing in Koro. Provided by Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, filmed by Jeremy Fahringer.
About endangered languages
Experts estimate that only 50% of the languages that are alive today will be spoken by the year 2100.Learn more
The disappearance of a language means the loss of valuable scientific and cultural information, comparable to the loss of a species.
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About this project
The Endangered Languages Project, is an online resource to record, access, and share samples of and research on endangered languages, as well as to share advice and best practices for those working to document or strengthen languages under threat.
ABOUT THE LANGUAGE DATA
The languages included in this project and the information displayed about them are provided by the Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat), produced by the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and The Institute for Language Information and Technology (The Linguist List) at Eastern Michigan University. Learn more