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<400

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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<400

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

<400

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More about speakers

Colombia: Pepojivi (Playero, Guahibo Playero) <200 speakers, <200 population (1982). Venezuela: Pepojivi (Playero, Guahibo Playero) 200 speakers, 200 population.

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Colombia and Venezuela

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

240

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Colombia; Venezuela;

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Location description

Arauca Department, Venezuela border, banks of the Arauca River from Gaviotas Island to Arauca.

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Arauca Department, Venezuela border, banks of the Arauca River from Gaviotas Island to Arauca.

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

350

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

160

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

In Colombia: 150 speakers, 160 ethnic population. In Venezuela: 200 (200 speakers, 200 ethnic population).

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

Colombia, Venezuela

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Spanish

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

350-360

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Ethnic Population

~360

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Colombia and Venezuela

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Location description

Colombia, Arauca River, border area with Venezuela, Arauca Division, on the banks of the Arauca River from Gaviotas Island to Arauca. Venezuela, western zone of Apure State, to the north of the Arauca River and the Colombian Pepojivi settlements.

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Colombia, Arauca River, border area with Venezuela, Arauca Division, on the banks of the Arauca River from Gaviotas Island to Arauca. Venezuela, western zone of Apure State, to the north of the Arauca River and the Colombian Pepojivi settlements.

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

7.0,-71.0

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

244

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    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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  3. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  4. South America
    Crevels, Mily. 2007. "South America." In Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 103-196. London & New York: Routledge.
  5. Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
    Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Hans Henrich Hock et al.. 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.
  6. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  7. Comparative Vocabulary: Selected Words in Indigenous Languages of Colombia
    Huber, Randall Q. and Robert B. Reed. 1992. "Comparative Vocabulary: Selected Words in Indigenous Languages of Colombia." Instituto Lingüı.