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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

5,531

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

5531

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Peru

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Standard orthography

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

4,500

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-11.3292,-74.3664

Location description

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Location and Context

Countries

Peru

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Location description

Spoken in the basins of the Perené, Ene, Saniberi, Satipo, and Anapati rivers (among others), in the region of Junín, in Peru.

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Spoken in the basins of the Perené, Ene, Saniberi, Satipo, and Anapati rivers (among others), in the region of Junín, in Peru.

More on writing systems

No data

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

6,500

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Ethnic Population

6500

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

6,500 (2003 SIL). 5,500 monolinguals. (Unchanged 2016.)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Peru;

Coordinates

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Location description

Junin region, between Ene and Perené rivers; Anapati River system in the foothills.

Government support

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Junin region, between Ene and Perené rivers; Anapati River system in the foothills.

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

4,000-4,500

Domains of Use

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Transmission

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

4,000-4,500

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Peru

Coordinates

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Location description

between the Ene and Perene rivers, in the Province of Satipo, District of Pangoa

Government support

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between the Ene and Perene rivers, in the Province of Satipo, District of Pangoa

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There is a bilingual education programme

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-11.6666666667,-74.5

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

6,500

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  2. South America
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  4. World Oral Literature Project
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    http://www.oralliterature.org
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  6. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  7. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  8. Diccionario nomatsiguenga-castellano castellano-nomatsiguenga
    Shaver, Harold. 1996. "Diccionario Nomatsiguenga-castellano Castellano-nomatsiguenga." 41: 327. Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. Online: http://www.sil.org/americas/peru/html/pubs/show_work.asp?id=595.
    http://www.sil.org/americas/peru/html/pubs/show_work.asp?id=595
  9. Los nomatsiguenga de la selva central
    Shaver, Harold and Lois Dodds. 1990. "Los Nomatsiguenga De La Selva Central." 24: 134. Ministerio de Educación and Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. Online: http://www.sil.org/americas/peru/html/pubs/show_work.asp?id=508.
    http://www.sil.org/americas/peru/html/pubs/show_work.asp?id=508
  10. Identification of participants in discourse: a study of aspects of form and meaning in Nomatsiguenga
    Wise, Mary Ruth. 1971. "Identification of Participants in Discourse: a Study of Aspects of Form and Meaning in Nomatsiguenga." 28: The Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington.