Endangered Languages Project - Pemón

Pemón

^{[aka Pemong, Pemon, Taulipang]}

Classification: Cariban

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Pemong, Pemon, Taulipang, Taurepang, Kamarakóto
CLASSIFICATION		Cariban, Venezuelan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		aoc
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Arekuna (Arecuna) Kamarakóto (Camaracoto) Taurepang (Taurepan Taulipang)
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue says that Camaracoto may be a distinct language.

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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

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
23,983-24,083
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
28,057-28,157

DATE OF INFO: Brazil 2002, Venezuela 2001

PLACES: Brazil, Guyana

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Brazil: Taurepang 500 speakers, 582 populations (Brazil). Guyana: Arekuna (Pemon) 400-500 speakers, 400-500 population. Venezuela: Pemon (Arekuna, Taurepan(g), Kamarakoto)
23,083 speakers, 27,157 population.

Vulnerable

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

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6160
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
22,270
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(6010 [2016].)

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Venezuela; Brazil; Guyana;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Bolivar State, Venezuela; Gran Sabana and adjacent areas.

Ethnic population
about 20,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,154
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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5.33333333333,-62.0

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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