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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

60

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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

60

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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Ethnic Population

1,425

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Brazil

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

60

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

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Child speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-2.6467,-46.7248

Location description

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

180

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Speakers

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Ethnic Population

820

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Speaker number data: (2000 SIL). Ethnic population data: (1999 ISA). 150 (2000 SIL). Ethnic population: 880 (Crevels 2007). Tembé: 820 (1999), Turiwara: 60 (1998) (2013).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Brazil;

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Location description

Maranhão and Gurupi rivers. In Gurupi about 100 of 170 speak Tembé

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Maranhão and Gurupi rivers. In Gurupi about 100 of 170 speak Tembé

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~100

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

880 – 820 (1999)

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Brazil, Pará state

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Location description

Terra Indigena Alto Rio Guama, on the right bank of the Upper Guama River, between the igarapes (small Amazonian waterways) Tauari to the south and Pitomba to the north, Terra Indigena Ture-Mariquita, Terra Indigena Tembe, on the left bank of the Acara-Miri River; Maranhao State, Terra Indigena Alto Turiaçu, on the banks of the Gurupi River

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Terra Indigena Alto Rio Guama, on the right bank of the Upper Guama River, between the igarapes (small Amazonian waterways) Tauari to the south and Pitomba to the north, Terra Indigena Ture-Mariquita, Terra Indigena Tembe, on the left bank of the Acara-Miri River; Maranhao State, Terra Indigena Alto Turiaçu, on the banks of the Gurupi River

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Other languages used

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

175

Domains of Use

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