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Sinhalese (Sri Lanka)

Tuvan (тыва дыл)

Another Ural-Altaic language (or Altaic language - and for those who are not keen on the Altaic language theory - it's a Turkic language) spoken in the Republic of Tuva in south-central Siberia.
Some Tuvans live also in China and in Mongolia.

Ubykh.

northwest caucasian language spoken on eastern black sea around sochi. the last native speaker died in 1992 at age 88, fortunately linguists were able to collect numerous audio recordings and notes on the language. no stable, official writing system, many consonants and few vowels, some have expressed interest in reviving the language.

Vietnamese

Wu

Also 吳語, 'Wu Chinese', language spoken in Shanghai and nearby provinces. About 20th biggest language in the world by total number of speakers (exact number not known though…)

Xavante - The Xavante language is a Ge language spoken by the Xavante people in about 170 villages in the area surrounding Eastern Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Arabic

Buginese

Bugis people live in Sulawesi (Indonesia).

Cabécar - The Cabécar language is an indigenous American language of the Chibchan language family which is spoken in Costa Rica.

Dutch - the official West Germanic language of the Netherlands and the Republic of Suriname.