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

Native Speakers Worldwide

2

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Ethnic Population

10,275 (2005)

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"Although the 2001 census registered 239 Baré bilinguals in Spanish, the language is probably just spoken by a few elders [in Venezuela]." (p. 216)

Year of info

2012

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Critically Endangered

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2

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Year of info

2010

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1.428,-66.9287

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Ethnic Population

~238

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No known speakers. The ethnic population is "perhaps 238" (Gaceta Indigenista 1975). 240 in Venezuela (2011 W. Largo). Ethnic population: 2,790 (1998) (2013).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Venezuela; Brazil;

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Location description

Extreme southwest at Colombia border, Amazonas, along the upper Río Negro from Brazil-Venezuela border to Casiquiare Canal, Maroa.

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Extreme southwest at Colombia border, Amazonas, along the upper Río Negro from Brazil-Venezuela border to Casiquiare Canal, Maroa.

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

240

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Ethnic Population

2790

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240 in Venezuela (2011 W. Largo). Ethnic population: 2,790 (1998). Nearly extinct.

Year of info

2013

Location and Context

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Brazil

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

249

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Ethnic Population

2790

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Year of info

2016

Location and Context

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Venezuela; Brazil

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Critically Endangered

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5

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Ethnic Population

4010

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Brazil: Northwestern Amazonas State; Venezuela Amazonas State

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Location description

Brazil: Northwestern Amazonas State, Xie river area, Terra Indigena Alto Rio NEgro, Terra Indigena Marabitanas/Cue Cue, Terra Indigena Medio Rio Negro I and II, Terra Indigena Rio Tea; Venezuela Amazonas State, in Carlos de Rio Negro and Santa Rosa de Amanadona along the Rio Negro, in Solano on the mouth of the Pasimoni River along the Cano Casiquiare

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Brazil: Northwestern Amazonas State, Xie river area, Terra Indigena Alto Rio NEgro, Terra Indigena Marabitanas/Cue Cue, Terra Indigena Medio Rio Negro I and II, Terra Indigena Rio Tea; Venezuela Amazonas State, in Carlos de Rio Negro and Santa Rosa de Amanadona along the Rio Negro, in Solano on the mouth of the Pasimoni River along the Cano Casiquiare

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Nheengatu

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2005

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1.0,-67.0

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