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While there is no definite threshold for identifying a language as endangered, UNESCO's 2003 document entitled Language vitality and endangerment outlines nine factors for determining language vitality:

  1. Intergenerational language transmission
  2. Absolute number of speakers
  3. Proportion of speakers existing within the total (global) population
  4. Language use within existing contexts and domains
  5. Response to language use in new domains and media
  6. Availability of materials for language education and literacy
  7. Government and institutional language policies
  8. Community attitudes toward their language
  9. Amount and quality of documentation