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5,443

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Language Information By Source

Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

5,443

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Ethnic Population

4,904

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2,943 speakers in Ecuador, 2500 in Peru.

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

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Ecuador, Peru

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Native Speakers Worldwide

2,600

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Year of info

2010

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-2.2186,-76.8164

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Peru, Ecuador

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Spoken by the Chuar and Jíbaro people, living in the basins of the Tigre, Corrientes, Pastaza, Huasaga, Manchari, Huitoyacu, and Situche rivers and the Masacuri and Anazo streams, in Loreto and Datem del Marañón Provinces, Loreto Region, Peru; also spoken in Ecuador.

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Spoken by the Chuar and Jíbaro people, living in the basins of the Tigre, Corrientes, Pastaza, Huasaga, Manchari, Huitoyacu, and Situche rivers and the Masacuri and Anazo streams, in Loreto and Datem del Marañón Provinces, Loreto Region, Peru; also spoken in Ecuador.

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Spanish, Quechua

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At least half of the population is bilingual in either Spanish or Quechua; and a smaller percentage speaks all three languages.

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5,000

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There are 3,000 speakers in Peru. (Unchanged 2016.)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Ecuador; Peru;

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At risk

Native Speakers Worldwide

~35,000

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~35,000

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Although the Shuar are the second largest and one of the most studied Amazonian groups, their language has barely been studied.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Ecuador

Coordinates

-2.876318, -77.586775

Location description

Southeast, between the Pastaza and Maranon rivers, east of the present city of Cuenca along the contested border region with Peru, a rocky region covering approximately 25,000 square miles along the lower eastern slopes of the Andes.

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Southeast, between the Pastaza and Maranon rivers, east of the present city of Cuenca along the contested border region with Peru, a rocky region covering approximately 25,000 square miles along the lower eastern slopes of the Andes.

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2005

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-2.66667,-76.0

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