Paunaka
[aka Paunaca, Pauna-Paikone, Pauna-Paicone]Classification: Arawakan
·critically endangered
Classification: Arawakan
·critically endangered
Paunaca, Pauna-Paikone, Pauna-Paicone, Paiconeca |
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Arawakan, Southern Arawakan, Southern Outlier |
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Aikhenvald (1999a: 67) gives Paiconeca and Pauna as separate extinct languages. |
Information from: “The Paunaka Documentation Project” . Dr. Swintha Danielsen; Lic. Federico Villalta Rojas; Lena Terhart; Pedro Pinto; Ninon Müller; Femmy Admiraal; Danny Adelhöfer
Until recently Paunaka and its possibly close relative Paikoneka were classified extinct by linguists, however, [there are] approximately ten speakers and semi-speakers.
No grammar of Paunaka has been published until now, and ethnographic data is scarce.
Spanish; Bésɨro (aka Chiquitano)
All speakers are trilingual with Spanish and Bésɨro (or Chiquitano), which are the dominant languages of the region.
The communities surrounding Concepción de Chiquitos and in the TCO Lomerío.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)” . Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig · Dallas, Texas: SIL International
Chiquitanía region, Ñuflo de Suarez Department, Concepción de Chiquitos, Santa Rita de Chiquitos (near Concepción).
Information from: “Endangered Languages Project website user suggestion” . Lena Terhart (2012)
There are currently ten speakers and semi-speakers.
Paunaka speakers live in two communities surrounding Concepción - Santa Rita and San Miguelito de la Cruz, and in Santa Cruz. There are more people who identify as "descendants of Paunaka". Some of those people live in Lomerío.