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A Typological Grammar of Panare: A Cariban Language of Venezuela
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2012

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Venezuela

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From the 6th to the 8th parallel north, and form the 65th to the 67th meridian, mostly within the Distrito Cedeño of Estado Bolívar in the central plains of Venezuela, just south of the Orinoco River at Caicara, and east of Puerto Carreño.

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From the 6th to the 8th parallel north, and form the 65th to the 67th meridian, mostly within the Distrito Cedeño of Estado Bolívar in the central plains of Venezuela, just south of the Orinoco River at Caicara, and east of Puerto Carreño.

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We estimate that ... 90% of the women and 7o% of the men are monolingual. The remaining 30% of the men and 10% of the women (20% of the entire population) are bilingual in Spanish to varying degrees.

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2010

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6.5445,-66.4233

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3540 (2001 census). Nearly all women are monolingual; men bilingual in Spanish to varying degrees. (Unchanged 2016.)

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2009

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Venezuela;

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Bolivar State, 240 km south of Caicara de Orinoco, west of the Cuchivero River; savannah and highland groups. 20 or more settlements.

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Bolivar State, 240 km south of Caicara de Orinoco, west of the Cuchivero River; savannah and highland groups. 20 or more settlements.

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4,269

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2005

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6.5,-66.0

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