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ALSO KNOWN AS		Axe, Guaiaqui, Guoyagui, Guayakí, Guayaki-Ache, Guayaki, Guayaquí, Guaiaqui, Guajaki, Guoyagui
CLASSIFICATION		Tupian, Tupi-Guaranian, Guaranian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		guq
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Northern Aché Yvyturuzu Aché Ñacunday (Southern) Aché Ypeti Aché
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Information from: “Aché Documentation Project (ADOP)” . Jost Gippert and Sebastian Drude (2013)

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
400

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Intergenerational transmission is interrupted, as only older generations speak Aché fluently and in most speech domains. The younger generations have switched to the two national languages in Paraguay: (non-indigenous) Guarani and Paraguayan Spanish."

PLACES: Eastern Paraguay

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Canindeyú Department, Chupa Pou, Kontuwy, Kontuwywe, and Arroyo Bandera; Caaguazú Department, Cerro Moroti; Alto Paraná Department, Puerto Barra; Caazapá Department, Ypetimi.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
515
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
640

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,420
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
1,000 (2006 census); 50 monolinguals; ethnic population: 1,420.
(Unchanged 2016.)

DATE OF INFO: 2006

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Ethnologue (2013) lists the vitality of Aché as: 5 (developing). It states that the language is used by speakers of all ages, and that attitudes towards Aché are generally positive.

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Ethnologue (2013) reports the Literacy rate in L1 as being 20%, and the literacy rate in L2 as being 80%.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,500
Native speakers worldwide

		17th	2013	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)			Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig	Dallas, Texas: SIL International			http://www.ethnologue.com Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		1,420	1,000	2006	1000-9999	1,000 (2006 census); 50 monolinguals; ethnic population: 1,420. (Unchanged 2016.)		Ethnologue (2013) reports the Literacy rate in L1 as being 20%, and the literacy rate in L2 as being 80%.	Threatened (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	Ethnologue (2013) lists the vitality of Aché as: 5 (developing). It states that the language is used by speakers of all ages, and that attitudes towards Aché are generally positive.	13	11
				World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			1,500		1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	May		2013	Aché Documentation Project (ADOP)	DOBES Documentation Projects					DOBES	http://dobes.mpi.nl/projects/ache/language	Jost Gippert and Sebastian Drude	Jost Gippert and Sebastian Drude. 2013. "Aché Documentation Project (ADOP)." In DOBES Documentation Projects, Online: http://dobes.mpi.nl/projects/ache/language.			200		100-999		400		Severely Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14	"Intergenerational transmission is interrupted, as only older generations speak Aché fluently and in most speech domains. The younger generations have switched to the two national languages in Paraguay: (non-indigenous) Guarani and Paraguayan Spanish."			Eastern Paraguay	Canindeyú Department, Chupa Pou, Kontuwy, Kontuwywe, and Arroyo Bandera; Caaguazú Department, Cerro Moroti; Alto Paraná Department, Puerto Barra; Caazapá Department, Ypetimi.
0199255911			2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York				2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.																-25.25,-55.1666666667
			2007	South America	Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages	103-196	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge				Mily Crevels	Crevels, Mily. 2007. "South America." In Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 103-196. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	640	515		100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Aché

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

515

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,500

Discussion

Aché

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

515

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,500

Discussion

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