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1,616

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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,616

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

1,534

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Ecuador

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Standard orthography

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,000

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-1.1864,-76.6296

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,650

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

1,400

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Ecuador;

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

~1,200

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Ethnic Population

~1,200

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Ecuador

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Location description

Ecuador, eastern jungle, between the Napo River in the north, the Curaray and Cononaco rivers in the south, the Peruvian border in the east, and the headwaters of the Curaray and Nushino in the west.

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Ecuador, eastern jungle, between the Napo River in the north, the Curaray and Cononaco rivers in the south, the Peruvian border in the east, and the headwaters of the Curaray and Nushino in the west.

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Other languages used

Quichua

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More on context

They are very isolated from Western civilization. Many are switching to Quichua because of mixed marriages and bilingual education programs taught by Quichua teachers who do not speak Sabela.

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-1.0,-76.5

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Native Speakers Worldwide

2,000

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Amazonian Ecuador

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1,650

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