Speaker Numbers

International Speaker Numbers according to

EGIDS (Ethnologue)	Source	UNESCO	Source	ELCAT (Endangered Languages Project)	Source
Listed as 'Plautdietsch', 362 560		Site under maintenance (will be updated)		Not listed

National Speaker Numbers

Country	Language	National Speaker Number	Bases for Calculation	Year	Source
Germany	Low German	Approx. 1 500 000 (estimate, not a census)	Speakers	2019
Germany	Plautdietsch	90 000	Users	1996

Endangerment

International Endangerment according to

UNESCO	Source	ELCAT (Endangered Languages Project)	Source
Site under maintenance (will be updated)		Not listed

National Endangerment according to EGIDS (Ethnologue)

Country	Language	Endangerment Level	Source
Germany	Low German	7 (Shifting)
Germany	Plautdietsch	7 (Shifting)

ECRML-Recognised in

Germany

Non-ECRML in

Germany