Endangered Languages Project - Wichí

Wichí

^{[aka Mataco, Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay, Mataco Güisnay]}

Classification: Matacoan

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Mataco, Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay, Mataco Güisnay, Mataco Pilcomayo, Matako, Wichí, Pilcomayo Wichí
CLASSIFICATION		Matacoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mzh, wlv, mtp
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Güisnay Vejoz Nocten (Weenhayek
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue lists 3 Wichí language: ([mzh] Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay, [mtp] Wichí Lhamtés Nocten, and [wlv] Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz); others have only one.

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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
30,560
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
41,833
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Bolivia: 1,929 speakers, 1,797 populations; Argentina: 28,631 speakers, 40,036 population.

PLACES: Argentina; Bolivia

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1999

PLACES: Argentina; Bolivia

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000-99,999
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Argentina; Bolivia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Argentina: Chaco, Salta and Formosa; Bolivia: Tarija

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Argentina; Bolivia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northern Argentina; southeastern Bolivia

PLACES: Argentina; Bolivia

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