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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

~8,600

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Ethnic Population

23752

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There are an unknown number of elder speakers among an ethnic population of 66 people in Brazil, 2,400 speakers out of an ethnic population of 4,000 in French Guiana, less than 5,000 speakers among an ethnic population of 16,686 people (2001) in Venezuela, and 1200 speakers out of an ethnic population of 3,000 people in Suriname.

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

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Brazil, French Guiana, Venezuela and Suriname

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

19,066

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

8.4941,-64.0942

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

7,430

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Ethnic Population

16,679

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

(7358 [2016].)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

French Guiana; Suriname; Venezuela; Brazil; Guyana;

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In Suriname, there are 1,200 speakers out of an ethnic drop of 3,000.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Suriname

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Suriname: villages along the coast and up to 30 km inland from the coast.

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Suriname: villages along the coast and up to 30 km inland from the coast.

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In the west and central part of Suriname, young people only use Sranantongo and Dutch. In the east, more people speak the language but it's still being spoken less and less by children.

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Year of info

2005

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5.5,-56.0

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Severely Endangered

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2014

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

10,226

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