This is a list of extinct languages of Central America and the Caribbean, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers, and no spoken descendants.
There are 28 languages listed, 20 lost in Central America and 8 lost in the Caribbean.
Central America
Language nameLanguage familyExtinction dateLocationsReferencesAlagüilacunclassifiedbefore 16th centuryGuatemalaCacaoperaMisumalpan20th centuryEl SalvadorChicomuceltecMayan1970s or 1980sGuatemala, MexicoChiquimulillaXincan1996GuatemalaChʼoltiʼMayanlate 18th centuryGuatemala, BelizeCorobicíChibchan(date missing)Costa RicaCueva languageunclassified1535PanamaDorasqueChibchan(date missing)PanamaHuetarChibchan17th centuryCosta RicaGuazacapánXincan1997GuatemalaJumaytepequeXincan1997GuatemalaLencaLencan languages20th centuryHonduras, El SalvadorMangue/ChorotegaOto-Manguean19th centuryNicaragua, Honduras, and Costa RicaMatagalpaMisumalpan1997NicaraguaSinacantánXincan20th centuryGuatemalaSubtiabaOto-Manguean20th centuryNicaraguaVotoChibchan(date missing)Costa RicaWestern JicaqueJicaqueanlate 19th centueryHondurasYupiltepequeXincan1920sGuatemala
Sign languages Language nameExtinction dateReferencesBribri Sign Languageby 1991 The Caribbean
Language nameLanguage familyExtinction dateLocationsReferencesCaquetioArawakan1862ABC islands (Leeward Antilles)Ciguayounclassified16th centuryHispaniolaGuanahatabeyunclassified16th centuryCubaKalinago/Island CaribArawakan1920sWindward Islands (Guadeloupe to Grenada, except Barbados)Macorixunclassified16th centuryHispaniolaShebayoArawakan19th centuryTrinidadTainoArawakan19th centuryWidespread throughout Caribbean YaioCariban17th centuryTrinidad, French Guiana