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"RAPID: Zaparo [zro] RAPID Documentation Project (ZRDP)" NSF DEL Abstract
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Critically Endangered

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3

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3

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Year of info

2011

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Ecuador

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Severely Endangered

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20

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2010

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-2.2186,-76.5087

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Critically Endangered

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5

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20

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200

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About 20 elderly Záparo still have some variable degree of knowledge of the language. (Unchanged 2016.)

Year of info

2013

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Ecuador

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Classes in 2 schools.

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346

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In spite of the much higher outcome of the 2001 census only about 20 elderly Záparo still have some variable degree of knowledge of the language. Crevels (2012:199) gives 176 speakers of a population of 346 (census figures).

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2012

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Ecuador

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In the province of Pastaza, in the Amazonian region, between the Curaray River and the lower course of the Bobanaza – principally along the Conambo River – in the Montalvo area.

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In the province of Pastaza, in the Amazonian region, between the Curaray River and the lower course of the Bobanaza – principally along the Conambo River – in the Montalvo area.

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2005

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-2.0,-76.3333333333

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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
    2012. "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."
  2. "RAPID: Zaparo [zro] RAPID Documentation Project (ZRDP)" NSF DEL Abstract
    Bowser, Brenda. 2011. ""RAPID: Zaparo [zro] RAPID Documentation Project (ZRDP)" NSF DEL Abstract." Online: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1109101&WT.z_pims_id=12816.
    http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1109101&WT.z_pims_id=12816
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    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
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    Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Hans Henrich Hock et al.. 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.
  7. The World Atlas of Language Structures
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  8. Bosquejo gramatical del záparo
    Peeke, M. Catherine. 1991. "Bosquejo Gramatical Del Záparo." 14: 72. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.
  9. Structural summary of Záparo
    Peeke, M. Catherine. 1962. "Structural Summary of Záparo." In Studies in Ecuadorian Indian languages 1, edited by Benjamin F. Elson. 7: 125-216. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma.
  10. Vocabulary of the Zaparo Language
    Simson, A. 1879. "Vocabulary of the Zaparo Language." In Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 8: 223-227.
  11. Apuntes sobre las lenguas Záparos - familia que se extingue
    Wise, Mary Ruth. 2005. "Apuntes Sobre Las Lenguas Záparos - Familia Que Se Extingue." In Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Etnolingüísticos, 11: 51-69.
  12. La Famille Linguistique Záparo
    Beuchat, Henri and Paul Rivet. 1908. "La Famille Linguistique Záparo." In Journal de la Société des Américanistes, V: 235-249.
  13. Structural summary of Záparo
    Peeke, Catherine. 1962. "Structural Summary of Záparo." In Studies in Ecuadorian Indian Languages 1, edited by Benjamin Elson. 125-216. Summer Institute of Linguistics.