Talk:List of last known speakers of languages

"Last speaker of language or Last speaker of a language?"
I'm just wondering:

Should the title be changed to Last speaker of a language, instead of Last speaker of language? Adding the "a" makes the title flow better. Mr Languages (talk) 20:23, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed, I've moved the page now. Thanks for pointing it out and welcome to Wikipedia ;) jonkerz♠ 00:07, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

How about "Last known speakers of languages"? Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 00:26, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
 * That works too. Maybe it should be prefixed as List of last known speakers of languages? I'm happy to leave the decision to you and other editors. jonkerz♠ 01:28, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Yes, even better... Support move to the title Jonkerz redlinked above... Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 16:54, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

List of last known speakers of languages sounds good too. There may be some undocumented speakers of some of these languages. Mr Languages (talk) 20:23, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I moved the page once again since we all agreed on the new name. jonkerz♠ 20:56, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Eyak language
I've also heard of a case where the Eyak language is being revived by a young man from France by the name of Guillaume Leduey. What do we count as "fluent" in a language?

Mr Languages (talk) 20:26, 30 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I see you created an account, Mr Languages, great :) In my opinion, Leduey should not be counted as a last speaker since he isn't a native speaker and seems to have learned it around the time it became extinct. The situation is comparable to other languages such as the Manx language: its last first-language speaker died in 1974, thus making it extinct, but the language was "subsequently revived and now [has] about a hundred competent speakers, including a small number of children who are new native speakers". (Section header added to sepepare this discussion from the other.) jonkerz♠ 21:00, 30 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Ok, although he is considered a fluent speaker by some of the Eyak people. He's also teaching courses to those interested. I'll see if I can find some references. Thanks for making a new section too, I attempted to, but failed.

Mr Languages (talk) 21:57, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Rosario Cooper
Consider adding Rosario Cooper to the list - last known speaker of the Northern Chumash language Goldpothos (talk) 02:51, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure, if it's not already done. Bearian (talk) 20:46, 27 November 2019 (UTC)