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390

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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

390

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

390

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Colombia

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Government support

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

400

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Data for the number of native speakers comes from Garcia (2005).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Colombia;

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

700

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

Colombia

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Speakers' attitudes

Positive

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Other languages used

Spanish

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A few also use Spanish.

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Ethnic Population

380

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Nukak and Kakua are sometimes considered the same language, because they share a large percentage of their lexicon and supposedly are mutually intelligible.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Colombia

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Location description

departments of Guaviare and Guainia, between the Guaviare River and the Upper Inirida.

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departments of Guaviare and Guainia, between the Guaviare River and the Upper Inirida.

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Year of info

2005

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Coordinates

2.5,-71.5

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