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

Native Speakers Worldwide

44

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Ethnic Population

64

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Year of info

2012

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

76

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Year of info

2010

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-12.0822,-64.9731

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Dormant

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No known speakers.

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Ethnic Population

108

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Data for the ethnic population is from Adelaar (2000). 75 in Bolivia (Crevels 2007). Population total all countries: 87. Ethnic population: 200 (Crevels 2007) (2013).

Year of info

2009

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Bolivia;

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North central Beni Department at junction of Mamoré and Iténez rivers.

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North central Beni Department at junction of Mamoré and Iténez rivers.

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200

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According to Angenot de Lima (2002), twelve out of eighty-six speakers and thirty out of 200 members of the ethnic group live in Brazil, whereas the majority of speakers and members of the ethnic group live in Bolivia.

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2007

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Bolivia and Brazil

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