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ALSO KNOWN AS		Kamã, Kamã Makú, Kam, Kamán, Daw, Dow, Kamarada, Makú-Kamarada, Kaman
CLASSIFICATION		Nadahup, Eastern Makuan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kwa
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MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		The term "Makú" has pejorative connotations; "Nadahup" is the preferred term for this group of languages.

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Information from: “Dâw (Brazil) – Language Contexts” . Karolin Obert, João Vitor Fontanelli Santos (2022)

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
142
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
142

DATE OF INFO: 2022

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Community meetings held both in Dâw and Portuguese.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Portuguese
Nheengatú

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Practical orthography

PLACES: single community on the right riverbank of the Rio Negro river close to the town of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (state of Amazonas, Brazil).

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
120
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
120

PLACES: Brazil

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
120
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
83
Native speakers worldwide
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Data for the number of native speakers comes from ALEM (1994).

PLACES: Brazil;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Amazonas, across the river from São Gabriel de Cachoeira, just below the confluence of the Vaupés and Negro rivers.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~85
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~85

MORE ON VITALITY

All members of the ethnic group speak the language.

PLACES: Brazil: Amazonas State

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Brazil, Amazonas State, Upper Rio Negro/Vaupes region, Terra Indıgena Medio Rio Negro I, one community across the river from Sa˜o Gabrielda Cachoeira, a county seat just below the confluence of the Vaupes and Negro rivers.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
83
Native speakers worldwide

	2022	Dâw (Brazil) – Language Contexts				Online		Language Documentation and Description	22	https://lddjournal.org/articles/10.25894/ldd.323	University of Virginia	https://lddjournal.org/articles/10.25894/ldd.323	Karolin Obert, João Vitor Fontanelli Santos			142	142	2022	100-999		Community Meetings	Portuguese, Nheengatú	Vulnerable (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	Community meetings held both in Dâw and Portuguese.	10	11		single community on the right riverbank of the Rio Negro river close to the town of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (state of Amazonas, Brazil).		0.155167, -67.069306
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		83		10-99	Data for the number of native speakers comes from ALEM (1994).			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Amazonas, across the river from São Gabriel de Cachoeira, just below the confluence of the Vaupés and Negro rivers.	Brazil;
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		120		100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)								.2197,-68.7744
	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	~85	~85		10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		All members of the ethnic group speak the language.				Brazil: Amazonas State	Brazil, Amazonas State, Upper Rio Negro/Vaupes region, Terra Indıgena Medio Rio Negro I, one community across the river from Sa˜o Gabrielda Cachoeira, a county seat just below the confluence of the Vaupes and Negro rivers.
		World Oral Literature Project										http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			83		10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2012	Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking	The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide	167-234	Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona		Mouton de Gruyter			Berlin			Crevels, Mily	Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Hans Henrich Hock et al.. 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.		120	120		100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Brazil

Dâw

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

142

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

120

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

120

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

83

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~85

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

83

Discussion

Dâw

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

142

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

120

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

120

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

83

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~85

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

83

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