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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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Dormant

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Ethnic Population

230

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extinct

Year of info

2012

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Bolivia

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Critically Endangered

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1

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Year of info

2010

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-16.5519,-68.6645

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

2

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Ethnic Population

590

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Speaker numbers: (Adelaar 2004). Ethnic population: (Crevels 2007).

Year of info

2015

Location and Context

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Bolivia

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Location description

"La Paz Department, south tip, Lake Titicaca, Desaguadero river area; Oruro Department, Atahuallpa province."

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"La Paz Department, south tip, Lake Titicaca, Desaguadero river area; Oruro Department, Atahuallpa province."

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2005

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-16.75,-69.0

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    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  4. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  5. Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
    Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Hans Henrich Hock et al.. 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.
  6. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  7. Uchumataqu: Research in Progress on the Bolivian Altiplano
    Muysken, Pieter. 2002. "Uchumataqu: Research in Progress On the Bolivian Altiplano." In International Journal on Multicultural Societies, 4 , no. 2: 235-247.
  8. Drawn Into the Aymara Mold? Notes on Uru Grammar
    Muysken, Pieter. 2000. "Drawn Into the Aymara Mold? Notes On Uru Grammar." In Ensaios sobre lenguas indígenas de las tierras bajas de Sudamérica: Contribuciones al 49o Congreso Internacional de Americanistas en Quito 1997, edited by Hein van der Voort and Simon van de Kerke. 1: 99-109. Netherlands: Research School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies (CNWS), Universiteit Leiden.
  9. Los Urus o Uchumi
    Posnansky, Arthur. 1934. "Los Urus O Uchumi." In Actas y Trabajos del XXVo Congreso Internacional de Americanistas (La Plata, 1932), I: 235-300. Buenos Aires: Coni.
  10. The Andean Uru-Chipaya Languages (Bibliography, December 2002)
    Sáenz, Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar. 2003. "The Andean Uru-Chipaya Languages (Bibliography, December 2002)."
  11. Contribution à l'étude des Indiens Uru ou Kot'suñs
    Vellard, Jehan A. 1949, 1950, 1951. "Contribution À L'étude Des Indiens Uru Ou Kot'suñs." In Travaux de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, I, II, III: 145-209, 51-89, 3-39.
  12. Contribución al estudio de la lengua Uru
    Vellard, Jehan A. 1967. "Contribución Al Estudio De La Lengua Uru." 4: Universidad de Buenos Aires.
  13. Uchumataqu: The lost language of the Urus of Bolivia. A grammatical description of the language as documented between 1894 and 1952
    Katja Hannss. 2008. "Uchumataqu: The Lost Language of the Urus of Bolivia. A Grammatical Description of the Language As Documented Between 1894 and 1952." 7: Netherlands: Research School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies (CNWS), Universiteit Leiden.
  14. Über den aussterbenden, sehr wenig bekannten Stamm der Urus in Bolivia
    Künne, Karl. 1893. "Über Den Aussterbenden, Sehr Wenig Bekannten Stamm Der Urus in Bolivia." In Globus, 64: 219-220.
  15. Contribución al estudio de la Lengua Uru
    Vellard, Jehan A. 1967. "Contribución Al Estudio De La Lengua Uru." Centro de Estudio Lingüisticos, Universidad de Buenos Aires.