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ALSO KNOWN AS		Oro Win, Pakaás-novos, Pacasnovas, Pacaha-novo, Uariwayo, Uomo, Jaru, Oro Wari
CLASSIFICATION		Chapacuran, Southern Chapacuran
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		orw
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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

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
56
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Oro Win (Oro Towati) 5 speakers, 56 populations (2006).
Wari’ (Pakaa Nova, Pacaás Novos) 2,721 speakers, 2,721 population
(2006).

DATE OF INFO: 2006

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Brazil

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
55
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
5 (1996 SIL). Ethnic population: 55 (1998).

2 (2016) [from 2010].

DATE OF INFO: 1996 speakers, 1998 population

PLACES: Brazil;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Rondônia State, the Pacaás-Novos River headwaters, a tributary of the Mamoré River.

Critically endangered

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

Critically endangered

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

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6
Native speakers worldwide
CHILDREN
0
YOUNG ADULTS
0
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
all elders

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Rondônia, Brazil

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: along the headwaters of the Pacaás Novos River

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
50

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Brazil

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
50

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
12
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Olívia, an ORO WIN woman said yesterday, by Skype, with the help of my friend Edineia Isidoro, that there are 12 speakers of ORO WIN, and that they are trying to revitalize their native language. As for Olívia, the actual name of her group is Oro Towati. She also said that other Txapakura [Chapakuran groups] who spoke other languages very close to her own language have been exterminated, such as the Oro Masam, Oro Japraji', Oro Kitam, Oro An Am."

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TRANSMISSION

		2015	Personal communication about Oro Win (Orowari)				Personal communication.					Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral	Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, personal communication, 2015, about Oro Win.				12		10-99	"Olívia, an ORO WIN woman said yesterday, by Skype, with the help of my friend Edineia Isidoro, that there are 12 speakers of ORO WIN, and that they are trying to revitalize their native language. As for Olívia, the actual name of her group is Oro Towati. She also said that other Txapakura [Chapakuran groups] who spoke other languages very close to her own language have been exterminated, such as the Oro Masam, Oro Japraji', Oro Kitam, Oro An Am."	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	15
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis		SIL International		Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	55		5	1996 speakers, 1998 population	1-9	5 (1996 SIL). Ethnic population: 55 (1998). 2 (2016) [from 2010].	Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Rondônia State, the Pacaás-Novos River headwaters, a tributary of the Mamoré River.	Brazil;
August		2008	Peter K Austin's top 10 endangered languages						The Guardian		http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/aug/27/endangered.languages	Peter Austin	Austin, Peter. 2008. "Peter K Austin's Top 10 Endangered Languages." In The Guardian, Online: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/aug/27/endangered.languages.		50		5		1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	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			5		1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						-11.6683,-65.1379
		2011	"Documentation of the Oro Win language" HRELP Abstract								http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=278	Birchall, Joshua	Birchall, Joshua. 2011. ""Documentation of the Oro Win Language" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=278.			0	6		1-9	all elders	Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15			Rondônia, Brazil	along the headwaters of the Pacaás Novos River
		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	50		5	2000	1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Brazil
			World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.				5		1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		2012	Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking	The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide	167-234	Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona		Mouton de Gruyter		Berlin		Crevels, Mily	Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Hans Henrich Hock et al.. 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.		56		5	2006	1-9	Oro Win (Oro Towati) 5 speakers, 56 populations (2006). Wari’ (Pakaa Nova, Pacaás Novos) 2,721 speakers, 2,721 population (2006).	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	15		Brazil

Orowari

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Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

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Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

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Orowari

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

12

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