Which languages are spoken by the fewest number of people?

Answer 1

Here is a list:

1. Nǀu ≈10
2. Itonama 10
3. Kayardild <10
4. Kusunda 7
5. Ume Sami ≈10
6. Puelche 5
7. Muniche 3
8. Ayapaneco 2
9. Tinigua 2
10. Ter Sami 2
11. Taushiro 1
12. Yaghan 1

Answer 2

There are dozens of languages in 2018 that have less than 10 speakers including:

1. Njerep
   
2. Kawishana
   
3. Paakantyi
   
4. Liki
   
5. Sarcee
   
6. Chemehuevi
7. Yaghan (1 native speaker as of 2018)
8. Hupa (1 native speaker as of 2018)
   
9. Kusunda (1 native speaker as of 2018)
10. Wukchumni (1 native speaker as of 2018)

Answer 3

Languages with very few speakers include dying languages like Ainu in Japan, Liki in Indonesia, and Njerep in Cameroon, which are each spoken by only a handful of individuals. These languages are at risk of becoming extinct as their speaker populations decline.