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200

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Gender, noun class and language obsolescence: The case of Paumar
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200

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600

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The number of people who identify themselves as Paumarí is comparatively high (around 600 people), but the number of actual speakers is on the decline … not more than 200 people speak the language. All children speak Portuguese as their first language. People in their forties and younger are more comfortable in Portuguese than Paumarí. And if they use Paumarí at all, they tend to simplify the linguistic structures. (p.236)

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Brazil

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Portuguese

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

290

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Year of info

2010

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-5.8947,-64.5996

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

290 (unchanged, 2016)

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Ethnic Population

870

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Year of info

2013

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Brazil;

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Latin

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290

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Ethnic Population

892

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Year of info

2012

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Brazil

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~290

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Ethnic Population

870

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Today only the older peoples still speak Paumary, while the younger ones speak either Portuguese or a mixture of Portuguese and Paumary

Year of info

2007

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Brazil

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Amazonas State, Middle Purus Basin with its tributaries Ituxi, Sepatini and Tapaua, on six Indigenous Lands.

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Amazonas State, Middle Purus Basin with its tributaries Ituxi, Sepatini and Tapaua, on six Indigenous Lands.

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2005

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-6.0,-64.0

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