Language Information by Source

South America

Crevels, Mily. 2007. "South America." In Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 103-196. London & New York: Routledge.

Speakers

Native or fluent speakers:
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Ethnic or community population
230 in Paraguay, 2,000 in Argentina
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"The Chorote, who are nomadic hunter-gatherers and fishermen, used to occupy much bigger parts of the Central and Southern Chaco, but they were probably pushed to the northwest by Guaicuruan groups that at their turn were displaced by the Spaniards."

In Paraguay "there were bands of uncontacted [Chorote] until well into the 1970s."

Location and Context

Countries
Paraguay and Argentina
Location Description

PARAGUAY: in the border area between Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia, Department of Boqueron, District of Pedro P. Pena. ARGENTINA: in the Province of Salta, departments of Rivadavia and San Martın.

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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems

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