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The UN Atlas of Endangered Languages lists 18 languages with only one remaining speaker in 2010. With about one language disappearing every two weeks, some of these have probably already died off.

1. Apiaka is spoken by the indigenous people of the same name who live in the northern state of Mato Grosso in Brazil. The critically endangered language belongs to the Tupi language family. As of 2007, there was one remaining speaker.

2. Bikya is spoken in the North-West Region of Cameroon, in western Africa. The last record of a speaker was in 1986, meaning the language could now be extinct.

3. Chana is spoken in Parana, the capital Argentina’s province of Entre Rios. As of 2008, there was only one speaker.

4. Dampal is spoken in Indonesia, near Bangkir. Unesco reported that there was one speaker as of 2000.

5. Diahoi is spoken in Brazil. Those who speak it live on the indigenous lands Diahui, Middle Madeira river, Southern Amazonas State, Municipality of Humaita. As of 2006, there was one speaker left.

6. Kaixana is a language of Brazil. As of 2008, the sole remaining speaker was believed to be 78-year-old Raimundo Avelino, who lives in Limoeiro in the Japura municipality in the state of Amazonas.

7. Laua is spoken in the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. It is part of the Mailuan language group and is nearly extinct, with one speaker documented in 2000.

8. Patwin is a Native American language spoken in the western US. Descendants live outside San Francisco in Cortina and Colusa, California. There was one fluent speaker documented as of 1997.

9. Pazeh is spoken by Taiwan’s indigenous tribe of the same name. Mrs. Pan Jin Yu, 95, was the sole known speaker as of 2008.

(www.csmonitor.com. Adaptado.)

De acordo com o texto e o mapa,

A

dezoito línguas foram consideradas extintas por não haver registros de falantes vivos.

B

as línguas ameaçadas de desaparecimento serão recuperadas pela ONU por meio de registros e gravações.

C

as nove línguas identificadas já desapareceram há três décadas.

D

as populações indígenas deixam de usar a sua língua nativa quando migram para centros urbanos.

E

o país que concentra a maioria das nove línguas em extinção é o Brasil, predominantemente localizadas em sua região Norte.