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ALSO KNOWN AS		Kakinte, Campa, Atiri, Caquinte Campa, Poyenisati, "Cachomashiri", Poyenisate
CLASSIFICATION		Arawakan, Southern Arawakan, Campa
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cot
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Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
250-300
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
250-300

SPEAKER ATTITUDE: There is a state bilingual school.

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Peru, Department of Junin, on the Poyeni River; Department of Cuzco, on the Agueni River.

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
300
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (2000).
(Unchanged 2016.)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

TRANSMISSION

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Vigorous. Mostly spoken in the local community. Letter-writing between villages. All ages. Positive attitudes.

PLACES: Peru;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Cusco and Junin regions; Poyeni, Mayapo, and Picha rivers, upper Poyeni River, which flows into Tambo Yori and Agueni rivers which become the Mipaya River flowing into the Urubamba; a few on Sensa and Vitiricaya rivers, affluents of the Urubamba.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Cusco and Junin regions; Poyeni, Mayapo, and Picha rivers, upper Poyeni River, which flows into Tambo Yori and Agueni rivers which become the Mipaya River flowing into the Urubamba; a few on Sensa and Vitiricaya rivers, affluents of the Urubamba.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
250
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
< 500
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(Dirección General de Educación Intercultural Bilingüe y Rural del Minedu, 2012)

DATE OF INFO: 2012

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

The language is spoken by all generations of the Caquinte people.

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin

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The Ministry of Education, working with the Caquinte people, created a standardized alphabet in 2013 (RD 550-2013-ED). It contains 21 letters.

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in the basin of the Huipaya River, in Satipo Province (Junín Region) and La Convención Province (Cusco Region), Peru.

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		250		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						-11.146,-73.4765
	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	250-300	250-300		100-999		There is a state bilingual school.	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Peru	Peru, Department of Junin, on the Poyeni River; Department of Cuzco, on the Agueni River.
		Base de Datos de Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios					Lima, Peru	http://bdpi.cultura.gob.pe/	Ministerio de Cultura				< 500	2012	100-999	(Dirección General de Educación Intercultural Bilingüe y Rural del Minedu, 2012)		Vulnerable (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	The language is spoken by all generations of the Caquinte people.		Peru	Spoken in the basin of the Huipaya River, in Satipo Province (Junín Region) and La Convención Province (Cusco Region), Peru.
		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			300		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
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	300	300	2000	100-999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (2000). (Unchanged 2016.)		Vulnerable (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	Vigorous. Mostly spoken in the local community. Letter-writing between villages. All ages. Positive attitudes.	Cusco and Junin regions; Poyeni, Mayapo, and Picha rivers, upper Poyeni River, which flows into Tambo Yori and Agueni rivers which become the Mipaya River flowing into the Urubamba; a few on Sensa and Vitiricaya rivers, affluents of the Urubamba.	Peru;	Cusco and Junin regions; Poyeni, Mayapo, and Picha rivers, upper Poyeni River, which flows into Tambo Yori and Agueni rivers which become the Mipaya River flowing into the Urubamba; a few on Sensa and Vitiricaya rivers, affluents of the Urubamba.

Caquinte

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250-300

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

< 500

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Caquinte

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250-300

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

< 500

Discussion

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