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ALSO KNOWN AS		Andoa, Gae, Siaviri, Semigae, Shimigae, Gaye, Arabela-Andoa
CLASSIFICATION		Zaparoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		anb
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Information from: “La lengua andwa: una experiencia en documentación y reapropriación lingüística a través de la educación” (104-117 ) . Gómez Rendón, Jorge and Diana Carolina Salazar Proaño (2015)

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desde el año 2012 el andwa es una lengua extinta, luego del deceso de quien fuera su último hablante 106
en la comunidad de Kapawari, donde se encontró a quien fue el ultimo hablante de la lengua, Hipólito Arahuanaza (†), de 90 años de edad al momento ... (p.110).

[since 2012 Andwa has been an extinct language, after the death of its last speaker who (p.10). in the community of Kapawari where he who was the last speaker of the language was found, Hipólito Arahuanaza (†), 90 years of age at the time (p.110).]

DATE OF INFO: 2012

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The last speaker, Hipólito Arahuanaza, died in 2012.

PLACES: Peru

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Kapawari community.

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2008

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80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide
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"The language is possibly extinct with five speakers reported by SIL in 1975 out of an ethnic group of 150 in the 1950s."

DATE OF INFO: 1975

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PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Peru, Department of Loreto, Province of Alto Amazonas, Pastaza District, Santo Tomas de Andoa, near the border with Ecuador, on the Pastaza River

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"No remaining speakers". "Last known speaker died in 1993".

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"Shifted to Pastaza Quichua [qvz]. Some also use Spanish [spa]."

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3
Native speakers worldwide
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únicamente tres ancianos que hablan el idioma andoa (kandwash) (p.15).

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PLACES: Peru

	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.		0			"No remaining speakers". "Last known speaker died in 1993".		Dormant ()		"Shifted to Pastaza Quichua [qvz]. Some also use Spanish [spa]."
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing		Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	2	2008	1-9			Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		15				-2.6796,-76.2011
		2015	La lengua andwa: una experiencia en documentación y reapropriación lingüística a través de la educación		104-117			Zona Próxima (Revista del Instituto de Estudios en Educación Universidad del Norte)		http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/44124555/La_lengua_andwa_una_experiencia_en_documentacion_y_reapropiacion_linguistica_Gomez_Rendon_y_Salazar_Proano.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ56TQJRTWSMTNPEA&Expires=1466052199&Signature=UXSy2zlzEoWMjzyPfcDhAZeMY8o%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DJ._A._Gomez_Rendon_y_D._Salazar_Proano_2.pdf	Gómez Rendón, Jorge and Diana Carolina Salazar Proaño	Gómez Rendón, Jorge and Diana Carolina Salazar Proaño. 2015. La lengua andwa: una experiencia en documentación y reapropriación lingüística a través de la educación. Zona Próxima 23.104-117 (Revista del Instituto de Estudios en Educación Universidad del Norte.) http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/44124555/La_lengua_andwa_una_experiencia_en_documentacion_y_reapropiacion_linguistica_Gomez_Rendon_y_Salazar_Proano.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ56TQJRTWSMTNPEA&Expires=1466052199&Signature=UXSy2zlzEoWMjzyPfcDhAZeMY8o%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DJ._A._Gomez_Rendon_y_D._Salazar_Proano_2.pdf		Ø	2012		desde el año 2012 el andwa es una lengua extinta, luego del deceso de quien fuera su último hablante 106 en la comunidad de Kapawari, donde se encontró a quien fue el ultimo hablante de la lengua, Hipólito Arahuanaza (†), de 90 años de edad al momento ... (p.110). [since 2012 Andwa has been an extinct language, after the death of its last speaker who (p.10). in the community of Kapawari where he who was the last speaker of the language was found, Hipólito Arahuanaza (†), 90 years of age at the time (p.110).]		Dormant ()		The last speaker, Hipólito Arahuanaza, died in 2012.		Kapawari community.	Peru
9978-22-509-9		2005	Los Andoas: Kandwash ajustushkani.	Los Andoas: Kandwash ajustushkani			Editorial Abya Yala, Quito				Duche Hidalgo, Carlos	Duche Hidalgo, Carlos. 2005. Los Andoas: Kandwash ajustushkani. Quito: Editorial Abya Yala.		3		1-9	únicamente tres ancianos que hablan el idioma andoa (kandwash) (p.15).	Quechua	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		15		Peru
		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	5	1975	1-9	"The language is possibly extinct with five speakers reported by SIL in 1975 out of an ethnic group of 150 in the 1950s."		Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		15		Peru	Peru, Department of Loreto, Province of Alto Amazonas, Pastaza District, Santo Tomas de Andoa, near the border with Ecuador, on the Pastaza River

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