List of extinct languages
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Origin Uncertain[edit | edit source]
- Sumerian probably afroasiaotic
- Kassite
- Elamite
- Ancient Iberian (of Iberian Peninsula)
- Tartessian
- Aquitanian
- Etruscan
- Lemnian
- Raetic
- Minoan (or Linear A of Crete)
- Hattic
- Meroitic
Indo-European Languages[edit | edit source]
Anatolian Languages (All Extinct)[edit | edit source]
- Cuneiform Hittite
- Hieroglyphic Hittite
- Luwian
- Palaian
- Lydian
- Lycian
- Carian
Indo-Iranian Languages[edit | edit source]
- Avestan
- Ancient Persian (Cuneiform Persian)
- Pahlavi (Middle Persian)
Italic Languages[edit | edit source]
- Latin
- Oscian
- Umbrian
- Venetic
- Lombardian
- Livonian
Ancient Languages of Balkans[edit | edit source]
- Phrygian
- Macedonian (Not to be confused with modern Macedonian of Slavic Group)
- Thracian
- Illyrian
- Dacian
Celtic Languages[edit | edit source]
- British
- Pictish
Hurro-Urartian Languages[edit | edit source]
- Hurrian
- Urartian
Afroasiatic Languages[edit | edit source]
- Akkadian
- Babylonian( scientists have uncovered some of the language and are speaking it)
- Aramaic (Assyrians are one of the few left)
- Ugaritic
- Phoenician
- Ancient Egyptian