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Native Speakers Worldwide

14,000

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

Native Speakers Worldwide

14,000

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

21,424

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Peru

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

10,000

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Year of info

2010

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Coordinates

-5.3425,-76.6955

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Peru

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Location description

Spoken in the basins of the Paranapura, Carhuapanas, and Huallaga rivers, in the departments of Loreto and San Martín, in Peru.

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Spoken in the basins of the Paranapura, Carhuapanas, and Huallaga rivers, in the departments of Loreto and San Martín, in Peru.

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

11,400

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Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Peru;

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Location description

Loreto and San Martin regions; Paranapura, Cahuapanas, Sillay, and Shanusi rivers.

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Loreto and San Martin regions; Paranapura, Cahuapanas, Sillay, and Shanusi rivers.

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

7870

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Ethnic Population

12,000

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

Peru

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Spanish

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

7,870-12,000

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Ethnic Population

7,870-12,000

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Peru

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Location description

Peru, along the Paranapura River and its tributaries.

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Institutional support

Bilingual education in some communities.

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Peru, along the Paranapura River and its tributaries.

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-5.5,-77.0

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

11,384

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