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

Native Speakers Worldwide

~1,442

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Ethnic Population

1467

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800? speakers in Brazil out of an ethnic population of 825 (2005), and 642 speakers (and ethnic population) in Colombia (2001).

Year of info

2012

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

800

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Year of info

2010

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.3515,-70.2026

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

810

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350 in Colombia (1995 SIL). 460 in Brazil (1995). (Unchanged 2016.)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Brazil; Colombia;

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Location description

Colombia: Inambu, Tiquie, and Papurí rivers. Brazil: Amazonas. Southeast, Vaupes Department, on the Upper Tiquié, Papurí, and Inambú along headwaters of the Comeyaca.

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Colombia: Inambu, Tiquie, and Papurí rivers. Brazil: Amazonas. Southeast, Vaupes Department, on the Upper Tiquié, Papurí, and Inambú along headwaters of the Comeyaca.

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Also use Tucano, Waimaha, or Spanish

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

~1,173

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Brazil and Colombia

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2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

0.5,-70.0833333333

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

815

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  7. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  8. El Tuyuca
    Barnes, Janet and Terrell Malone. 2000. "El Tuyuca." In Lenguas indígenas de Colombia: una visión descriptiva, edited by María Stella González de pérez and María Luisa Rodríguez de montes. 437-452. Instituto Caro y Cuervo.
  9. Classifiers in Tuyuca
    Barnes, Janet. 1990. "Classifiers in Tuyuca." In Amazonian Linguistics, Studies in Lowland South American Languages, edited by Doris L. Payne. 273-292. University of Texas Press.
  10. Evidentials in the Tuyuca Verb
    Barnes, Janet. 1984. "Evidentials in the Tuyuca Verb." In International Journal of American Linguistics, 50: 255-271.