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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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>9,554?

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10,736

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Crevels (2012) joins Kurripako and Baniwa into a single language. Brazil: Baniwa do Içana: 5,811 speakers (2005), 5,811 ethnic population. Colombia: Curripaco (Baniva del Isana, Curripaco-Baniva, Kurripako): 7,000? speakers, ethnic population of 7,827 (2001). Venezuela: (Kurripako (Curripaco, Wakuénai, Baniva-Kurripako, Baniwa del Isana): 3,743 speakers out of an ethnic population of 4,925 (2001). Colombia: an unknown number of a few speakers.

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2012

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2010

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1.2743,-68.291

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11,000

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Dados os fatos evidenciados ... acreditamos que se trate da mesma língua o Baniwa do Içana e o Kuripako ... Obviamente há algumas diferenças, ainda que poucas, e ocorrências distintas de alguns fones. Por isso, acreditamos que, pelo menos, do ponto de vista fonológico seja a mesma língua. As evidências de que tanto Baniwa do Içana quanto Kuripako sejam dialetos da mesma língua são muito grandes, pois funcionam de maneira extremamente semelhante ... As diferenças são definitivamente, bem menores que as semelhanças. (p.193.) [Given the evident facts ... we believe that it is the same language that is involved, Baniwa of Içana and Kuripako ... Obviously there are some differences, though few, and distinct occurrences of some phones. Therefore, we believe that at least from the phonological point of view it is the same language. The evidence that both Baniwa of Içana and Kuripako are dialects of the same language is very large, because the function so extremely similarly ... The differences are definitely much smaller than the similarities. (.193.)]

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Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela

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610

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5150

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The Carutana dialect is extinct. (Unchanged 2016.)

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2013

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Venezuela; Brazil; Colombia;

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Nhengatu, Portuguese

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"More parents are putting their children in schools. In rural areas, teacher use L1 most of the time; in urban areas, Portuguese [por] is used"

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610? in Venezuela

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610 in Venezuela, decreasing. Ethnic population: 2410 (2001 census).

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2016

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Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela

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2.66666666667,-66.8333333333

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