Yagua
[également appelé Nijyamïï Nikyejaada, Yahua, Llagua]Classification : Yaguan
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Classification : Yaguan
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Nijyamïï Nikyejaada, Yahua, Llagua, Yava, Yegua, Yihamwo, Nijyamïï, Nikyejaada, Mishara, Yawa |
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Yaguan |
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ISO 639-3 |
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yad |
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Informations incomplètes “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter
5,297
297 speakers (and ethnic population) in Colombia (2001); 4000 speakers among an ethnic population of 5000 people in Peru.
Informations incomplètes “Base de Datos de Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios” . Ministerio de Cultura
The language is spoken mainly by adults and has lost speakers from one generation to another.
Spoken in the basin of the Putumayo River in Amazonas, Peru (on the border with Colombia) and the Ampiyacu River in the province of Mariscal Ramón Castilla, in the department of Loreto, Peru; there are also speakers, to a lesser extent, in Colombia and Brazil.
Informations incomplètes “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
Peru, northeast, along the headwaters of the Amazon River from Iquitos up to the Brazilian border
Colombia, Department of Amazonas, on the Tucuchira River near Leticia.
Informations incomplètes “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Informations incomplètes “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
6000
2,000 monolinguals.
(Unchanged 2016.)
Children who live near big mixed villages usually no longer acquire Yagua, but those that live in more isolated areas still do (Crevels 2007). Many monolingual speakers in isolated areas. All domains. Some use in religious ceremonies and services. Neutral to negative attitudes. Most along main rivers prefer children learn Spanish [spa]. Also use Spanish [spa] (2013).
Northeast Amazon River area, Loreto Region, from Iquitos to the border with Brazil.