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ALSO KNOWN AS		Tiniguan, Tiniwa, Tiniguas, Timigua
CLASSIFICATION		Tiniguan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tit
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Information from: “El tinigua” . Juan Pablo Tobal (2013)

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1
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Sixto Muñoz tiene unos 80 años y vive alejado de la civilización en lo más profundo de la selva de la Serranía de La Macarena. Él es el último hablante de la lengua tinigua y el único miembro con vida del pueblo con el mismo nombre ... El anciano dice que habla la lengua con su dios Tinigua janiniye y sus gallinas para no olvidarlo.

[Sixto Muñoz is 80 years old and lives far from civilization in the depths of the forest of the Serrania de La Macarena. He is the last speaker of the Tinigua language and the only living member of the people with the same name ... The old man said he speaks the language with his Tinigua god janiniye and his chickens in order to not forget it.]

DATE OF INFO: 2013

PLACES: Colombia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: En la selva de la Serranía de La Macarena. [In the jungle of the La Macarena Mountains.]

Critically endangered

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1?
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1
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el tinigua, que quizás ya no pueda mencionarse
como lengua viva, pues sólo existe en la mente de una persona. (p.23)

[Tinigua, that perhaps cannot be mentioned as a living language; itd only exists in the mind of one person.]

DATE OF INFO: 2010

PLACES: Colombia

Critically endangered

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2
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(2016, no change.)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Colombia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Metá Department, Sierra de la Macarena. Formerly in Llanos de Yarí, Caquetá Department

Critically endangered

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Critically endangered

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Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

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2
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Colombia

			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	2	2	2000	1-9	(2016, no change.)	Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Colombia;	Metá Department, Sierra de la Macarena. Formerly in Llanos de Yarí, Caquetá Department
			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		1		1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				2.3833,-73.6413
				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		2		1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Colombia
					World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			2		1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
09104-3145				2010	Censo Demográfico: Características gerais dos indígenas					Instituto Brasilerio de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)				Instituto Brasilerio de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)	Censo Demográfico 2010: Características gerais dos indígenas. Instituto Brasilerio de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE).		1	1?	2010	1-9	el tinigua, que quizás ya no pueda mencionarse como lengua viva, pues sólo existe en la mente de una persona. (p.23) [Tinigua, that perhaps cannot be mentioned as a living language; itd only exists in the mind of one person.]	Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Colombia
	Tradicion y Cambio	April		2013	El tinigua			Juan Pablo Tobal is producer of the documentary "La última palabra"			Revista Semana		https://especiales.semana.com/especiales/tradicionycambio/enriesgo/tinigua.html	Juan Pablo Tobal			1	1	2013	1-9	Sixto Muñoz tiene unos 80 años y vive alejado de la civilización en lo más profundo de la selva de la Serranía de La Macarena. Él es el último hablante de la lengua tinigua y el único miembro con vida del pueblo con el mismo nombre ... El anciano dice que habla la lengua con su dios Tinigua janiniye y sus gallinas para no olvidarlo. [Sixto Muñoz is 80 years old and lives far from civilization in the depths of the forest of the Serrania de La Macarena. He is the last speaker of the Tinigua language and the only living member of the people with the same name ... The old man said he speaks the language with his Tinigua god janiniye and his chickens in order to not forget it.]	Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	En la selva de la Serranía de La Macarena. [In the jungle of the La Macarena Mountains.]	Colombia

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