Endangered Languages Project - Yekuana

Yekuana

^{[aka Ye'kuana, Yecuana, Ye'cuana' Maquiritare]}

Classification: Cariban

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Ye'kuana, Yecuana, Ye'cuana' Maquiritare, Maquiritari, Maiongong, Pawana, Pauana, Soto, Makiritare, Cunuana, De'cuana,
CLASSIFICATION		Cariban, Guianan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mch
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,630
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
6,953
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Brazil: 430 speakers and population (2006). Venezuela: 6,200 speakers, 6,523 population (2001).

DATE OF INFO: 2006 for Brazil, 2001 for Venezuela

PLACES: Brazil, Venezuela

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,950
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
6,523
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
5,520 in Venezuela (2001 census).
5,950 (2016).

PLACES: Venezuela; Brazil;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Bolivar and Amazonas states, Brazilian border area on mid-Paragua, Caura, Erebato, upper Ventuari, upper Auaris, Matacuni, Cuntinamo, Padamo, and Cunucunuma rivers.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,430
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,240
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~4,900
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~4,900
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
~ 430 speakers in Brazil; ~4,470 in Venezuela

PLACES: Brazil and Venezuela

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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COORDINATES

4.8501,-64.5117

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press