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Language Information By Source

Movima
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,452

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Ethnic Population

6,516

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Three quarters of the population are monolinguals in Spanish; less that one fourth are bilingual in Movima and Spanish. The large part of Movima speakers are adults and elders, while nearly all the children are monolingual in Spanish. (p. 374)

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Bolivia

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Three quarters of the population are monolinguals in Spanish; less that one fourth are bilingual in Movima and Spanish. The large part of Movima speakers are adults and elders, while nearly all the children are monolingual in Spanish. (p. 374)

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1,452

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Year of info

2010

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-13.7954,-65.4345

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Moxos, Bolivia Amazon

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Spanish

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Native Speakers Worldwide

1,450

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Ethnic Population

6,528

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Data for the number of native speakers and for the ethnic population come from Adelaar (2000). 1,450 (Adelaar 2004); ethnic population: 6,530 (Adelaar 2004) (2013 unchanged).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Bolivia;

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Location description

Central Beni Department, Santa Ana area on the Yacuma River, Santa Ana del Yacuma, Carnavales, Miraflores, San Lorenzo, Carmen de Iruyañez, 20 de Enero, Buen Día, 18 de Noviembre, Bella Flor, Ipimo, Navidad.

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Central Beni Department, Santa Ana area on the Yacuma River, Santa Ana del Yacuma, Carnavales, Miraflores, San Lorenzo, Carmen de Iruyañez, 20 de Enero, Buen Día, 18 de Noviembre, Bella Flor, Ipimo, Navidad.

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Native Speakers Worldwide

1,173

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Ethnic Population

12,230

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

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Bolivia (Amazonia)

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~2,000

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Ethnic Population

6,530

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all fluent speakers are significantly over fifty years old.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Bolivia

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Year of info

2005

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-13.8333333333,-65.6666666667

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