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I don't know how many Native American languages are being lost or already lost. California is made up of many many small tribes and some are extinct or nearly extinct. I expect their languages to disappear all together. I know a lot of the tribes are starting to teach the language to the younger generations now. My tribe, the Yurok, of N. Calif. is teaching their language as well as our neighbors to the north, the Tolowa and to the East, the Hupa. Thanks to many of the elders who give hours of their time to the young people. They have now printed out books of the language for texts to learn by. Somewhat like dictionaries. There is not this problem with bigger tribes like the Lakota, Navaho, Cherokees etc. that have many elders still living. Population is an issue as Indians marrying Indians are more apt to keep their language alive.

I don't know how many Native American languages are being lost or already lost.

When I was younger I learned languages easily (but not at all in the classroom) and could speak Turkish, Hollands, French, and Vietnamese and could get by in several others. I spent some time in NC trying to learn Cherokee. I was fascinated by how it was put together but never got beyond being mystified.