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3060

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Language Information By Source

Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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Native Speakers Worldwide

3060

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4009

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Javaé (Karajá): 800? speakers, 1,208 population (2006); Karajá (Carajá, Iny): 2,250 speakers, 2,532 population (2006); Xambioá (Karajá do Norte, Ixybiowa, Iraru Mahãdu): 10 speakers, 269 population (2006).

Year of info

2012

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Brazil

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2,310

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2010

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-7.1717,-49.1583

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2,670

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2013

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Brazil;

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Latin

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Portuguese

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2012

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-9.983486,-50.284753

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2,500

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2007

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Brazil

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Goias, Mato Grosso, Para, and Tocantins states, Araguaia River valley, including the Ilha do Bananal, twenty-nine villages divided over various indigenous lands close to the lakes and tributaries of the Araguaia and Javaes rivers, as well as in the interior of the Ilha do Bananal.

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Goias, Mato Grosso, Para, and Tocantins states, Araguaia River valley, including the Ilha do Bananal, twenty-nine villages divided over various indigenous lands close to the lakes and tributaries of the Araguaia and Javaes rivers, as well as in the interior of the Ilha do Bananal.

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2005

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