Endangered Languages Project - Tikuna

Tikuna

^{[aka Ticuna, Tucuna, Tukuna]}

Classification: Tikuna-Yurí

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Ticuna, Tucuna, Tukuna, Tukúna, Magüta
CLASSIFICATION		Tikuna-Yurí
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tca
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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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
50,102
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
50,102
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are 35,000 speakers (and ethnic population) in Brazil (2008), 7,102 speakers (and ethnic population) in Colombia (2001) and 8,000 speakers in Peru.

DATE OF INFO: Brazil (2008), Colombia (2001)

PLACES: Brazil, Colombia, Peru

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,000-8,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
39,198
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
6,585 members in Colombia
32,613 (1998) member in Brazil

PLACES: Brazil, Peru and Colombia

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
35,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
41,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
48,600
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
32,600 in Brazil (1998 ISA). 8,000 in Colombia (2000 SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 1998 (Brazil, 2000 Colombia

PLACES: Brazil; Colombia; Peru;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

Brazil: West Amazonas. Peru: Northeast Amazon River region, from Chimbote in Peru to San Antonio do Iça in Brazil.

Vaupes Department, Pira-Paraná headwaters and upper Papurí.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Amazonas, Upper Solimões river area, on more than 20 Indigenous lands, in more than 90 villages.

PLACES: Peru; Brazil; Colombia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in the basins of the Amazonas, Mayoruna, and Yaguas rivers, in the department of Loreto in Peru; also spoken in Brazil and Colombia.

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
47,200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
32,600 in Brazil; 6,600 in Colombia; 8,000 in Peru

DATE OF INFO: 1998 (Brazil); 2008 (Colombia); 2000 (Peru)

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Brazil, Colombia, Peru

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: In Brazil: Amazonas state: upper Solimões River, >20 indigenous islands, >90 villages.
In Colombia: Amazonas Department: between Leticia and Perutate, north along the Amazon River.
In Peru: Loreto region: Chimbote to San Antonio do Iça; northeast Amazon River area.

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press