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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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2000

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Ethnic Population

2,000

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

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Peru

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The Urarina are to be found in the Loreto department on the Chambira, Urituyacu and Corrientes rivers, where they have lived for at least half a millennium, remaining relatively isolated due to the remoteness of their settlements and by choice. Despite all sorts of challenges to their cultural survival, language use in still vigorous in the group.

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The Urarina are to be found in the Loreto department on the Chambira, Urituyacu and Corrientes rivers, where they have lived for at least half a millennium, remaining relatively isolated due to the remoteness of their settlements and by choice. Despite all sorts of challenges to their cultural survival, language use in still vigorous in the group.

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2000

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Year of info

2010

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-4.3464,-75.3002

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Peru

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Spoken around the rivers of Tigrillo, Patayacu, Chambira, and Corrientes, in the department of Loreto, in Peru.

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Spoken around the rivers of Tigrillo, Patayacu, Chambira, and Corrientes, in the department of Loreto, in Peru.

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

3,000

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Women are monolingual. (Unchanged 2016.)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Peru;

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Location description

Loreto Department: Urarinas district, Pucayacu, Chambira, and Urituyacu rivers.

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Loreto Department: Urarinas district, Pucayacu, Chambira, and Urituyacu rivers.

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<3000

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Year of info

2003

Location and Context

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Loreto, Peru

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Spanish

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~3000

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3000

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Peru

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Location description

Department of Loreto, Province of Urarinas, District of Urarinas, along the Chambira River (headwater of the Maranon River) and along all its headwaters; several groups along the rivers Urituyacu (also headwater of the Maranon) and Corrientes

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Department of Loreto, Province of Urarinas, District of Urarinas, along the Chambira River (headwater of the Maranon River) and along all its headwaters; several groups along the rivers Urituyacu (also headwater of the Maranon) and Corrientes

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Year of info

2005

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-4.5,-75.5

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