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~100

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Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking.
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~100

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Ethnic Population

247

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

500

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-10.8764,-72.29

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Location and Context

Countries

Peru

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Location description

Spoken by the Amahuaca people in the basin of the Purús river in Purús Province (Ucayali Region), the basins of the Yurúa, Inuya, and Sepahua rivers in Atalaya Province (Ucayali Region), and the Las Piedras river in the Madre de Dios Region.

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Spoken by the Amahuaca people in the basin of the Purús river in Purús Province (Ucayali Region), the basins of the Yurúa, Inuya, and Sepahua rivers in Atalaya Province (Ucayali Region), and the Las Piedras river in the Madre de Dios Region.

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

330

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Ethnic Population

500

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More about speakers

110 of the 330 speakers are in Peru (2000 SIL). The number of speakers is decreasing. There are 20 monolinguals. 300 of the ethnic population are in Peru and 200 are in Brazil. "Perhaps 50 [speakers] in the border areas have not been contacted."

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Brazil; Peru;

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Speakers’s attitudes

Negative attitudes.

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Other languages used

Sharanahua [mcd], Spanish [spa], Yaminahua [yaa]

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

520

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300 in Peru, ethnic population 500. 220 in Brazil. (Perhaps 50 not contacted in the border area.)

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

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Peru, Brazil

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Year of info

2013

Location and Context

Countries

Peru; Brazil

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

189

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

500-1000

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Location description

Peru, Department of Ucayali, Province of Coronel Portillo, along the Mapuya, Curuija, Sepahua and Inuya rivers.

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Peru, Department of Ucayali, Province of Coronel Portillo, along the Mapuya, Curuija, Sepahua and Inuya rivers.

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No bilingual education programs

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-10.5,-72.5

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

310

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