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Mekéns

Also Known As

Sakirabiát; Sakirabiá; Sakirabiáp; Sakiriabar; Sakirabiák; Sakirap; Amniapa; Sakurabiat; Mekens; Mekém; Mequens; Mekem; Mequem Amniapé; Waratégaya; Amiapé

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Tupian; Tuparian

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Language code (ISO 639-3)

skf

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Argument marking and reference tracking in Mekens
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Argument marking and reference tracking in Mekens
Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)
Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
South America
The World Atlas of Language Structures
World Oral Literature Project
Critically Endangered

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22

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2010

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-12.967, -61.2652

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66

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2013

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Brazil

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"Rondonia State, Cerejeira and Colorado do Oeste municipalities, Mequens river."

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"Rondonia State, Cerejeira and Colorado do Oeste municipalities, Mequens river."

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84 (2006)

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2012

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2007

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Brazil

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Southeastern Rondonia, near to the headwaters of the Mekens and Verde rivers, Municipality of Cerejeira, Terra Indigena Rio Mequens

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Southeastern Rondonia, near to the headwaters of the Mekens and Verde rivers, Municipality of Cerejeira, Terra Indigena Rio Mequens

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2005

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-12.5, -61.5

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    Galucio, Ana Vilacy. Mekens Syntax, a Preliminary Survey. Master thesis, University of Chicago, 1996.
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