3. Rankgas Language
Extinct: Early 20th Century
Rankgas, the Rangas language ranks 3rd in our list of extinct languages in India and Asia and it was a West Himalayish language that belonged to Sino-Tibetan group of languages, and was spoken by Rangas people who lived in Uttarakhand region of the northern India. However, since Rangas people lives near Kumauni people, they soon started assimilating, accepting their culture, and most importantly, the language. This is the main reason why Rankas soon started being endangered, with not many speakers left, to the point of completely dying with the last person who spoke it, approximately at the very beginning of the 20th century.
