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Native Speakers Worldwide

~400

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Language Information By Source

Negation in Apurinã (Arawak)
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~400

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Ethnic Population

~3000

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

"In most villages, the language is not being taught to children, and only adults -- in some villages, only elders -- still have fluent command of it. The number of speakers is unlikely to exceed 400 out of a population of nearly 3,000." (p. 117)

Year of info

2014

Location and Context

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,000

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-5.4847,-63.8964

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,780

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Ethnic Population

4,087 (FUNASA 2003), 6,990 (FUNASA 2010)

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Speakers: Moore (2006); ethnic population: FUNASA (2003, 2010). 2,780 (Moore 2006). Ethnic population: 6,990 (2010 FUNASA) (2013 unchanged).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Brazil;

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Location description

Northwest Mato Grosso State; Amazonas State, scattered over the Purus River from Rio Branco to Manaus.

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Northwest Mato Grosso State; Amazonas State, scattered over the Purus River from Rio Branco to Manaus.

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Native Speakers Worldwide

2,000

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Ethnic Population

3256

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

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Brazil

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Year of info

2005

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-9.0,-67.0

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