2. Ubykh Language
Extinct: Late 20th Century
Ubykh people who lived on the eastern coast of the Black sea spoke the language named Ubykh as well, and it belonged to the family of Northwest Caucasian languages. They were Muslims who needed to flee to Turkey due to Russian rule in the 19th century, which is one of the main reasons why the language became endangered, since people started using the Turkish language in most of the cases. Ubykh was a very rich language, and it is estimated that there were 50,000 speakers some centuries ago. 1992 was the year when the language became completely extinct, with the death of its last speaker, Tevfik Esenç.
