List of endangered languages in Oceania

List of endangered languages in Oceania

An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native speakers, it becomes an extinct language.

Oceania (sometimes Oceanica ["Oceanica" in WordWeb Online dictionary and thesaurus. http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/OCEANICA] ) is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term is often used in many languages to define one of the continents [ [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/international/world/referencemap_image_view The Atlas of Canada - The World - Continents] ] [ [http://www.moscow2001.olympic.org/en/pdf/members_by_continent.pdf "List of IOC members (122) by continent"] . International Olympic Committee: 112th session, Moscow 2001] [ [http://mx.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761557382/Ocean%C3%ADa.html Encarta Mexico "Oceanía"] ] and is one of eight terrestrial ecozones.

Australia

Micronesia

Palau

Solomon Islands

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