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725

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

Native Speakers Worldwide

725

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

3,000?

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Speaker number: Possibly 725 (?)

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Peru

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Location description

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Standard orthography

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Threatened

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Year of info

2008

Location and Context

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Location description

In and around Tupe, Yauyos, Lima, Peru and by large numbers in the cities of Lima, Huancayo, Chincha, and CaÒete

Government support

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Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

In and around Tupe, Yauyos, Lima, Peru and by large numbers in the cities of Lima, Huancayo, Chincha, and CaÒete

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

750

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-12.7488,-75.8248

Location description

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Government support

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

740 speakers

Domains of Use

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More about speakers

740 speakers according the 2007 Census 2007), but recent studies report a much smaller number.

Year of info

Location and Context

Countries

Peru

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Location description

Spoken in the districts of Tupe and Catahuasi, in the province of Yauyos, en the southeast of the department of Lima, Peru.

Government support

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Script (Writing system)

Latin

Other writing systems

Spoken in the districts of Tupe and Catahuasi, in the province of Yauyos, en the southeast of the department of Lima, Peru.

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

740

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Ethnic Population

2000

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

730 Jaqaru, 11 Kawki. Ethnic population: 2000. (Unchanged 2016.)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Peru;

Coordinates

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Location description

Lima region, Yauyos province, Tupe and Cachuy villages; language area extends into Ica region.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Lima region, Yauyos province, Tupe and Cachuy villages; language area extends into Ica region.

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Other languages used

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~725

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Peru

Coordinates

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Location description

Department of Lima, Province of Yauyos, in the villages Tupe, Aiza, and Colca

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Department of Lima, Province of Yauyos, in the villages Tupe, Aiza, and Colca

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Other languages used

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-13.0,-76.0

Location description

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Government support

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

736

Domains of Use

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