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2,191

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

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,191

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2,191

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The languages of the Cashibo-Cacataibo, Cashinahua, and Matsés are maintained to a high degree and intergenerational transfer still takes place. (Crevels 2012:210.)

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Peru

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

3,000 - 5,000

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"According to the most recent Census of Indigenous Communities of the Peruvian Amazon (INEI: 2007), currently the Kashibo-Kakataibo number about 1879. However, the Kashibo- Kakataibo‘s political organization (FENACOCA) considered that their number was around 3,000 or 3,500 in 2007 (Fernando Estrella, pc.). This number is the one that I preliminarily assume to be correct."

Year of info

2011

Location and Context

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Peru

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Location description

Departments of Huánuco and Ucayali

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Departments of Huánuco and Ucayali

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,800

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Year of info

2010

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-8.9393,-75.0915

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Location and Context

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Peru

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Spoken in the basin of the Aguaytía, San Alejandro, and Sungaroyacu rivers, in the departments of Huánuco and Ucayali, Peru.

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Spoken in the basin of the Aguaytía, San Alejandro, and Sungaroyacu rivers, in the departments of Huánuco and Ucayali, Peru.

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

5000

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"Some women over 50 [are] monolingual."

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Peru;

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Location description

Ucayali, Loreto, and Huanuco regions; Aguaytía, San Alejandro, and Súngaro rivers.

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Ucayali, Loreto, and Huanuco regions; Aguaytía, San Alejandro, and Súngaro rivers.

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1900

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Ethnic Population

1900

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Some women over 50 monolingual.

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

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Peru

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Spanish

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,150-1,500

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1,150-1,500

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Peru

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2005

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-8.5,-75.5

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5,000

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