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Language Information By Source

Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

7,400

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Ethnic Population

8,222

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Venezuela

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

5,000

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

6.7518,-68.247

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

5,840

Domains of Use

No data

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More about speakers

Speaker number data: 2001 census. 7,900 (2001 census). 590 urban, 7,310 rural (2013).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Venezuela;

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Location description

Amazonas and Apure states, Orinoco, Sinaruco, Meta, and Apure rivers.

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Amazonas and Apure states, Orinoco, Sinaruco, Meta, and Apure rivers.

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

7.0,-68.0

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Native Speakers Worldwide

3,396

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