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CLASSIFICATION		Chipaya-Uru
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cap
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Earlier often mistakenly equated with Puquina. Kaufman (2007: 70) gives an “Uru-Chipaya language area”.

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Information from: “Chipaya” (29-77 ch. Chipaya) . Cerrón-Palomino, Rodolfo (2009) , Mily Crevels and Pieter Muysken · Plural Editores

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,625
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2001 (census)

MORE ON VITALITY

"el chipaya goza de una extraordinaria vitalidad, y es fuente de orgullo para sus hablantes" (p. 29)
[Chipaya enjoys an extraordinary vitality, and it is the source of pride for its speakers]

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Positive

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Aimara
Spanish

PLACES: Bolivia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Municipio de Santa Ana de Chipaya, cantón de Ayparavi, province of Sabaya, Department of Oruro

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,200
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~1,200
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~1800

PLACES: Bolivia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Bolivia, east, Department of Oruro, Province of Atahuallpa.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,200
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,800
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
1,200 (1995), increasing. 60 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 1,800 (2013, unchanged).

DATE OF INFO: 1995

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of speakers is increasing.

PLACES: Bolivia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Oruro Department, Atahuallpa province.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Oruro Department, Atahuallpa province.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,050
Native speakers worldwide

0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York				2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.														-18.75,-67.8333333333
	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	1,800	1,200	1995	1000-9999	1,200 (1995), increasing. 60 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 1,800 (2013, unchanged).			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	The number of speakers is increasing.	Oruro Department, Atahuallpa province.	Bolivia;	Oruro Department, Atahuallpa province.
	2nd edition	2010	Highland South America and the Caribbean	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing		Christopher Moseley	UNESCO	Paris, France			Willem Adelaar and Gustavo Solis Fonseca	Adelaar, Willem and Gustavo Solis Fonseca. 2010. "Highland South America and the Caribbean." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. UNESCO.														-19.2074,-68.2031
	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		1,050		1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					-19.2074,-68.2031
978-99954-1-236-4		2009	Chipaya	Lenguas de Bolivia, vol 1: Ámbito Andino	29-77	Mily Crevels and Pieter Muysken	Plural Editores		Chipaya		Cerrón-Palomino, Rodolfo	Cerrón-Palomino, Rodolfo. 2009. Chipaya. Lenguas de Bolivia, vol 1: Ámbito Andino, ed. by Mily Crevels and Pieter Muysken, 29-77. La Paz: Plural Editores. (ISBN: 978-99954-1-236-4)			1,625	2001 (census)	1000-9999		Aimara, Spanish	Positive	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"el chipaya goza de una extraordinaria vitalidad, y es fuente de orgullo para sus hablantes" (p. 29) [Chipaya enjoys an extraordinary vitality, and it is the source of pride for its speakers]	Municipio de Santa Ana de Chipaya, cantón de Ayparavi, province of Sabaya, Department of Oruro	Bolivia
		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	~1800	~1,200		1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Bolivia	Bolivia, east, Department of Oruro, Province of Atahuallpa.
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			1,200		1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Chipaya

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,625

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,200

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~1,200

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,200

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,050

Discussion

Chipaya

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,625

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,200

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~1,200

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,200

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,050

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