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<10,900

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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

<10,900

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13,900

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There may be about 4,000 speakers out of an ethnic population of 7,000 people in Brazil (2008) and it is not spoken by all its ethnic population of 6,900 people in Guyana.

Year of info

2012

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Brazil, Guyana

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

11,000

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2010

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2.3065,-59.6997

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

12,500

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6,000 in Guyana (2000 J. Forte). 6,000 in Guyana (2000 J. Forte). Population total all countries: 12,500. Ethnic population: 6,900 (Crevels 2007). Amariba dialect may have no remaining speakers. (2016).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Brazil; Guyana;

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Guyana: Southwest Guyana, south of the Kanuku Mountains, northwest of the Waiwai; a few villages. Brazil: Roraima.

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Guyana: Southwest Guyana, south of the Kanuku Mountains, northwest of the Waiwai; a few villages. Brazil: Roraima.

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2005

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2.66666666667,-60.0

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7,500

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