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9,911

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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking.
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

9,911

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

9,911

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Colombia

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

9,911

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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No data

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

10.8548,-74.0258

Location description

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Government support

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

11,000

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Second-language speakers

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Child speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

"Nearly all monolingual."

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Colombia;

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Location description

North, east, and west slopes of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

Government support

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Other writing systems

North, east, and west slopes of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

9910

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

Colombia

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Other languages used

Spanish

Domains of other languages

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

~9,765

Domains of Use

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Child speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

~9,765

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

The language is still transmitted to children.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Colombia

Coordinates

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Location description

North side of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in the valleys of the Ancho, Palomino, Don Diego and Jerez rivers; also to the northeast, on the Barcino River, and to the south on the Guatapuri River.

Government support

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Other writing systems

North side of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in the valleys of the Ancho, Palomino, Don Diego and Jerez rivers; also to the northeast, on the Barcino River, and to the south on the Guatapuri River.

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

11.0,-73.8333333333

Location description

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Government support

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

9,770

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
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  10. Contribución a la lingüística de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
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  11. Forschungsreise zu den Kágaba
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