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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,924

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Ethnic Population

1924

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

There are 34 speakers in Brazil and 1890 speakers in Colombia.

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Brazil and Colombia

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

434

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

.0769,-70.3894

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,890

Domains of Use

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

1,890 (2016 unchanged) (the count includes Barasano and Eduria (Taiwano) together.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Colombia; Brazil;

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-0.166666666667,-70.6666666667

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

350

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