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Native Speakers Worldwide

450

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Negation in Nanti
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

450

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Ethnic Population

450

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Nanti is spoken by some 450 individuals.

Year of info

2014

Location and Context

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Peru

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Location description

In the headwaters regions of the Camisea River and Timpia River of southwestern Peruvian Amazonia.

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In the headwaters regions of the Camisea River and Timpia River of southwestern Peruvian Amazonia.

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Other languages used

Matsiguenga, Spanish

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Until the mid-1990s, Nantis were entirely monolingual, but now several young men have acquired a thorough knowledge of Matsigenka ... a few young men have also acquired a basic knowledge of Spanish.

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

450

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-11.6629,-72.6965

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Peru

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Spoken in the basins of the Camisea, Cashiriari, and Timpía rivers in the department of Cusco, Peru.

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Spoken in the basins of the Camisea, Cashiriari, and Timpía rivers in the department of Cusco, Peru.

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

480

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480 (2002 Michael). (Unchanged 2016.)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Peru;

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Location description

Cusco Region, headwaters of Camisea and Timpia rivers.

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Cusco Region, headwaters of Camisea and Timpia rivers.

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450

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450

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

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Peru

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~250

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250

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Peru

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Location description

southeast, on the headwaters of the Camisea and Timpia rivers, in the communities Montetoni and Maranxejari

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southeast, on the headwaters of the Camisea and Timpia rivers, in the communities Montetoni and Maranxejari

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500

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    http://www.oralliterature.org
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  7. Nanti evidential practice: Language, knowledge, and social action in an Amazonian society
    Michael, Lev David. Nanti Evidential Practice: Language, Knowledge, and Social Action in An Amazonian Society. PhD thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008.