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~3,000

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Year of info

2014

Location and Context

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Colombia, Peru,

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Peru

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Spoken in the basins of the Putumayo, Napo, and Amazonas, in the department of Loreto, in Peru.

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Spoken in the basins of the Putumayo, Napo, and Amazonas, in the department of Loreto, in Peru.

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Native Speakers Worldwide

7800

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1,000 in Peru, decreasing. Very few monolinguals. (Unchanged 2016.)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Colombia; Peru; Brazil;

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

17,343? Includes Witoto Murui, Witoto Mïnïca, and Witoto Muinane

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Ethnic Population

10,385

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Colombia: 7,343 speakers, 7,343 population; Peru: 1,000 speakers, 3,000 populations; Brazil: ? speakers, 42 population. Includes Witoto Murui, Witoto Mïnïca, and Witoto Muinane, which are different languages in others' classifications.

Year of info

2012

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Brazil, Colombia, Peru

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Native Speakers Worldwide

~1,130

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3,000

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Peru and Colombia

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Peru, northeast, along the Napo, Ampiyacu, and Putumayo rivers.

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Peru, northeast, along the Napo, Ampiyacu, and Putumayo rivers.

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2005

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-1.0,-73.5

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2,900

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Loreto Region, Ampiyacu, Putumayo, and Napo rivers; north of Amazon river between Iquitos, Peru and Leticia, Colombia south, Caquetá river north.

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