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1,586

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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking.
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,586

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

1586

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Peru

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,900

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

-3.7107,-76.9042

Location description

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Speakers' attitudes

Positive

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Candoshi people take great pride in their culture and language.

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Year of info

Location and Context

Countries

Peru

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Location description

Spoken in the basins of the Chapuri, Morona, and Pastaza rivers, in the provinces of Datem del Marañón, Alto Amazonas, and Loreto, in the region of Loreto, Peru.

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Other writing systems

Spoken in the basins of the Chapuri, Morona, and Pastaza rivers, in the provinces of Datem del Marañón, Alto Amazonas, and Loreto, in the region of Loreto, Peru.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

3,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Ethnic Population

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More about speakers

Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1981).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Peru;

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Location description

Loreto Region, Morona, Pastaza, Huitoyacu, and Chapuli rivers.

Government support

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Other writing systems

Loreto Region, Morona, Pastaza, Huitoyacu, and Chapuli rivers.

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1120

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

3000

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

Peru

Coordinates

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Government support

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,120-3,000

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

All of the ethnic group speaks the language.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Peru

Coordinates

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Location description

Peru, between the west bank of the Morona and Pastaza rivers; a few along the Upper Chambira

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

Candoshi people take great pride in their culture and language

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Peru, between the west bank of the Morona and Pastaza rivers; a few along the Upper Chambira

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Other languages used

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-4.16666666667,-77.0

Location description

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

3,000

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    No Author Stated. 2008. "Isosoa, Apallia Vip Kamankiya: El Nuevo Testamento De Nuestro Señor Jesucristo En El Idioma Candoshi." La Liga Bíblica.
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  10. Tribes of the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Montaña
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  11. Vocabulario candoshi de Loreto
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  13. Contrastive features of Candoshi clause types
    Anderson, Loretta and Mary Ruth Wise. 1963. "Contrastive Features of Candoshi Clause Types." 1: 67-102. SIL of the University of Oklahoma.
  14. Candoshi verb inflection
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