Overview
Arrow pointing down
Dormant

Native Speakers Worldwide

No data

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Recent Resources

No resources

Community Members

    No members

Revitalization Programs

No programs

Discussion Forum

    Comments are not currently available for this post.

Language Information By Source

Oraciones condicionales en baniva y yavitero (arahuacas)
Arrow pointing down
Dormant

Native Speakers Worldwide

No data

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Actualmente es una lengua extinta. [Currently it is an extinct language.]

Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

Venezuela

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Hablada anteriormente en pequeñas poblaciones de la cuenca del río Atabapo. [Formerly spoken in small towns in the Atabapo River Basin.]

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Hablada anteriormente en pequeñas poblaciones de la cuenca del río Atabapo. [Formerly spoken in small towns in the Atabapo River Basin.]

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Spanish

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

1

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

(Crevels)

Year of info

2015

Location and Context

Countries

Venezuela

Coordinates

No data

Location description

"Amazonas State, Yavita region."

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

"Amazonas State, Yavita region."

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

1?

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Yavitero is possibly extinct with only one known elderly female speaker earlier (Mosonyi and Mosonyi 2000). It is not clear how many persons are still left in the ethnic group, which suffered from violent extermination practices in the 1930s.

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Venezuela

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

No data

Native Speakers Worldwide

No data

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

2.800281,-68.084219

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

1

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

The Yavitero language is practically extinct with only one known elderly female speaker (Mosonyi & Mosonyi 2000).

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Venezuela, Yavita region

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Media Resources

No resources

No resources

No resources

No resources

No resources

No resources

Filter By

No programs

  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. South America
    Crevels, Mily. 2007. "South America." In Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 103-196. London & New York: Routledge.
  3. Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
    Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Hans Henrich Hock et al.. 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.
  4. LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)
    Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.
    http://llmap.org
  5. Roucouyenne, Arrouague, Piapoco et d'autres langues de la région des Guyanes
    Crevaux, J., P. Sagot and L. Adam. 1882. "Roucouyenne, Arrouague, Piapoco Et D'autres Langues De La Région Des Guyanes." VIII: Librairie-Éditeur J. Maisonneuve, Paris.
  6. Yavitero
    Mosonyi, Emilio Esteban, Jorge C. Mosonyi and Águeda Largo. 2000. "Yavitero." In Manual de Lenguas Indígenas de Venezuela, edited by Esteban Emilo Mosonyi and Jorge Carlos Mosonyi. 594-691. Caracas: Fundación Bigott.