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Native Speakers Worldwide

7,600

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Language Information By Source

South America
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

7,600

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Ethnic Population

7600

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Ecuador

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Location description

Ecuador, north coastal jungle, Province of Esmeraldas, between the Cayapa, Santiago, Onzole and Canande rivers.

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Ecuador, north coastal jungle, Province of Esmeraldas, between the Cayapa, Santiago, Onzole and Canande rivers.

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Spanish

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

4,000

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Ecuador

Coordinates

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Native Speakers Worldwide

9,500

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9390 (2016).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Ecuador;

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Native Speakers Worldwide

5,465

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Ethnic Population

5871

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

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Ecuador

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Native Speakers Worldwide

9,393

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Ethnic Population

10,222

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The number of people who answered 'Cha'palaa' to the census question 'what language do you speak?' was 9,393 in 2010. This is about 8,700 living in the home province of Esmeraldas and the rest having migrated to other areas. The people who said they were ethnically Chachi were a bit more, at 10,222, so there are about 10% ethnic Chachis who say they don't speak the language.

Year of info

2014

Location and Context

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Ecuador

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Location description

Esmeraldas province

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Esmeraldas province

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Spanish

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Ecuador

Coordinates

0.666666666667,-79.0

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3,450

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