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A Sketch of Muniche Segmental and Prosodic Phonology
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3 rememberers

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None of the approximately ten remaining rememberers of Muniche are fully fluent (by their own judgment), but 3 of them retain significant knowledge of the language (p. 307).

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2013

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Peru

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In Munichis, located in the southwestern part of the departament of Loreto.

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In Munichis, located in the southwestern part of the departament of Loreto.

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2010

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-5.8182,-76.1846

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Peru

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Spoken in the Paranapura river basin, in the department of Loreto, in Peru.

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Spoken in the Paranapura river basin, in the department of Loreto, in Peru.

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Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1988). (2013 unchanged.)

Year of info

2009

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Peru

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Loreto region, Paranapura River, Muniches town.

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Loreto region, Paranapura River, Muniches town.

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No known L1 speakers. Three semi-speakers, ages 60–90; 10 remember but not fluent Michael et al 2013).

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2016

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Peru

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According to SIL (1988), only three speakers of Munichi remained and the language was thought to be on the brink of extinction, but in 2008 eight speakers were located. (p. 213.)

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2012

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Peru

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2007

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Peru

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Department of Loreto, village of Muniches on the Paranapura River.

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Department of Loreto, village of Muniches on the Paranapura River.

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