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La modalidad epistémica en la lengua sáliba

Ramírez, Hortensia Estrada. "La modalidad epistémica en la lengua sáliba." Revista de Lenguas Indígenas y Universos Culturales 7 (2010): 107-118.

Critically Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
45?
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends

Speaker Number Trend 5

A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.

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Domains of Use

Domain Of Use 4

Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.

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Transmission

Transmission 5

There are only a few elderly speakers.

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Speakers

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Comments on speakers
Según un censo reciente realizado por el Programa de Protección a la Diversidad Etnolingüística (PPDE) del Ministerio de Cultura, la población sáliba de Colombia es de 2.231 personas, sin embargo, sólo el 2% de esos indígenas hablan la lengua sáliba en la vida cotidiana, razón por la cual este idioma se encuentra en grave peligro de extinción debido a que la mayor parte de la población se comunica en español. Sólo las personas mayores de 50 años, principalmente las mujeres, hablan sáliba habitualmente; los demás, son hablantes pasivos, es decir que entienden todo lo que se dice en ese idioma, pero les da temor, vergüenza o como ellos mismos dicen, ‘se les dificulta pronunciar los sonidos’ de su lengua materna. (p. 108)

[According to a recent survey conducted by the Program for the Protection of Ethnolinguist Diversity (PPDE) of the Ministry of Culture, the Sáliba population of Colombia is 2,231; however, only 2% of those Indians [45 persons] speak Sáliba in everyday life, the reason for why this language is in serious danger of extinction because most of the population communicates in Spanish. Only persons over 50 years old, mainly women, usually speak Sáliba; others are passive speakers, i.e. they understand everything that is said in that language, but it makes them fearful, ashamed, or as they say, ‘it is difficult for them to pronounce the sounds’ of their mother tongue.]

Location and Context

Countries
Venezuela; Colombia
Location Description

El grupo étnico sáliba se encuentra ubicado en el oriente de Colombia en los departamentos de Casanare,Vichada y Meta; también hay sálibas en la vecina república de Venezuela.

[The Sáliba ethnic group is located in eastern Colombia in the departments of Casanare, Vichada, and Meta; Also there Sálibas in the neighboring republic of Venezuela.]

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Other Languages Used By The Community
Spanish
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Writing Systems

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