List of extinct languages

Origin Uncertain

• Sumerian probably afroasiaotic
• Kassite
• Elamite
• Ancient Iberian (of Iberian Peninsula)
• Tartessian
• Aquitanian
• Etruscan
• Lemnian
• Raetic
• Minoan (or Linear A of Crete)
• Hattic
• Meroitic

Indo-European Languages

Anatolian Languages (All Extinct)

• Cuneiform Hittite
• Hieroglyphic Hittite
• Luwian
• Palaian
• Lydian
• Lycian
• Carian

Indo-Iranian Languages

• Avestan
• Ancient Persian (Cuneiform Persian)
• Pahlavi (Middle Persian)

Italic Languages

• Latin
• Oscian
• Umbrian
• Venetic
• Lombardian
• Livonian

Ancient Languages of Balkans

• Phrygian
• Macedonian (Not to be confused with modern Macedonian of Slavic Group)
• Thracian
• Illyrian
• Dacian

Celtic Languages

• British
• Pictish

Hurro-Urartian Languages

• Hurrian
• Urartian

Afroasiatic Languages

• Akkadian
• Babylonian( scientists have uncovered some of the language and are speaking it)
• Aramaic (Assyrians are one of the few left)
• Ugaritic
• Phoenician
• Ancient Egyptian