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Critically Endangered

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5

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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

5

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Ethnic Population

56

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More about speakers

Oro Win (Oro Towati) 5 speakers, 56 populations (2006). Wari’ (Pakaa Nova, Pacaás Novos) 2,721 speakers, 2,721 population (2006).

Year of info

2012

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Brazil

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Critically Endangered

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5

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Year of info

2010

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-11.6683,-65.1379

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Critically Endangered

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6

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all elders

Year of info

2011

Location and Context

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Rondônia, Brazil

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along the headwaters of the Pacaás Novos River

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along the headwaters of the Pacaás Novos River

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55

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5 (1996 SIL). Ethnic population: 55 (1998). 2 (2016) [from 2010].

Year of info

2009

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Brazil;

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Critically Endangered

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12

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"Olívia, an ORO WIN woman said yesterday, by Skype, with the help of my friend Edineia Isidoro, that there are 12 speakers of ORO WIN, and that they are trying to revitalize their native language. As for Olívia, the actual name of her group is Oro Towati. She also said that other Txapakura [Chapakuran groups] who spoke other languages very close to her own language have been exterminated, such as the Oro Masam, Oro Japraji', Oro Kitam, Oro An Am."

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2015

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50

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2008

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