Did you know Guana (Paraguay) is critically endangered?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Guaná, Kaskiha, Kaskihá, Cashquiha, Kashika, Kashiha, Vana peema
CLASSIFICATION		Mascoyan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		gva
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Information from: “Temporal Predicative Particles in Sanapaná and the Enlhet-Enenlhet Language Family (Paraguay): Descriptive and Comparative Study” . Van Gysel, Jens L. (2017)

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4 rememberers
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
393
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"According to Han- nes Kalisch (p.c. 2017), the situation is even worse: he found only 4 living rememberers of the language, rendering Guaná effectively moribund."

DATE OF INFO: 2017

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

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"According to Han- nes Kalisch (p.c. 2017), the situation is even worse: he found only 4 living rememberers of the language, rendering Guaná effectively moribund."

PLACES: Paraguay

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
28
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
28 (Crevels 2007). Ethnic population: 84 (Crevels 2007).
(Unchanged 2016.)

DATE OF INFO: 2007

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Guaraní
Spanish

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"la gran mayoría ya habla una variedad del guaraní paraguayo".

[A large majority now speak a variety of Paraguayan Guaraní.]

PLACES: Paraguay;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Concepción Department, San Lázaro district, Valle Mi on Apa river banks; Alto Paraguay Department, on the Riacho Mosquito.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
55
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Paraguay

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~28
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~84

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

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33.3 percent of the ethnic group speak the language and the ethnic group is very small.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Spanish and Paraguayan Guarni

PLACES: Paraguay

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Paraguay, Department of Concepcion, District of San Lazaro, in Valle Mi on the banks of the Apa River, Department of Alto Paraguay, on the Riacho Mosquito.

PLACES: Paraguay

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
19
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
242
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"El censo de 2002 proporciona una cifra de 242 guaná, de los cuales sólo 19 utilizan su lengua en el hogar."

[The 2002 census gives a figure of 242 Guana, of whom only 19 use their language at home.]

DATE OF INFO: 2002

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Paraguay

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Depto. de Concepción; Ángulo sudeste del depto. Alto Paraguay, distrito La Victoria; Ángulo noroeste del depto. Pte. Hayes, distrito del mismo nombre;

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.																Paraguay		-22.0,-58.0
			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		28	2007	100-999	28 (Crevels 2007). Ethnic population: 84 (Crevels 2007). (Unchanged 2016.)	Guaraní, Spanish	"la gran mayoría ya habla una variedad del guaraní paraguayo". [A large majority now speak a variety of Paraguayan Guaraní.]		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Concepción Department, San Lázaro district, Valle Mi on Apa river banks; Alto Paraguay Department, on the Riacho Mosquito.	Paraguay;
	Diccionario Etnolingüìstico y Güía Bibliográfica de los Pueblos Indígenas Sudamericanos	June		1	2005	Los pueblos del Gran Chaco y sus lenguas, primera parte: Los enlhet-enenlhet del Chaco Paraguayo		503-569				Suplemento Antropológico	40	Asunción, Paraguay			http://ling.fi/Entradas%20diccionario/Dic=EnlhetEnenlhet.pdf	Alain Fabre	Alain Fabre. 2005. "Los Pueblos Del Gran Chaco Y Sus Lenguas, Primera Parte: Los Enlhet-enenlhet Del Chaco Paraguayo." In Diccionario Etnolingüìstico y Güía Bibliográfica de los Pueblos Indígenas Sudamericanos, Online: http://www.ling.fi/Entradas%%20diccionario/Dic=EnlhetEnenlhet.pdf.		242	19	2002	10-99	"El censo de 2002 proporciona una cifra de 242 guaná, de los cuales sólo 19 utilizan su lengua en el hogar." [The 2002 census gives a figure of 242 Guana, of whom only 19 use their language at home.]	Guaraní paraguayo, Spanish			Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			14	15		Paraguay	Depto. de Concepción; Ángulo sudeste del depto. Alto Paraguay, distrito La Victoria; Ángulo noroeste del depto. Pte. Hayes, distrito del mismo nombre;
					2017	Temporal Predicative Particles in Sanapaná and the Enlhet-Enenlhet Language Family (Paraguay): Descriptive and Comparative Study	Temporal Predicative Particles in Sanapaná and the Enlhet-Enenlhet Language Family (Paraguay): a Descriptive and Comparative Study.			MA thesis					Leiden University	Leiden University	https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/52531/Jens%20Van%20Gysel_Temporal%20Predicative%20Particles%20in%20Sanapaná%20and%20the%20Enlhet-Enenlhet%20languages.pdf?sequence=1	Van Gysel, Jens L.	Van Gysel, Jens L. 2017. Temporal Predicative Particles in Sanapaná and the Enlhet-Enenlhet Language Family (Paraguay): a Descriptive and Comparative Study. Leiden University MA thesis.		393	4 rememberers	2017	1-9	"According to Han- nes Kalisch (p.c. 2017), the situation is even worse: he found only 4 living rememberers of the language, rendering Guaná effectively moribund."				Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"According to Han- nes Kalisch (p.c. 2017), the situation is even worse: he found only 4 living rememberers of the language, rendering Guaná effectively moribund."		15		Paraguay
					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	~84	~28		10-99		Spanish and Paraguayan Guarni		The majority of the Guana group speaks a variety of Paraguayan Guarni.	Severely Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		33.3 percent of the ethnic group speak the language and the ethnic group is very small.		14		Paraguay	Paraguay, Department of Concepcion, District of San Lazaro, in Valle Mi on the banks of the Apa River, Department of Alto Paraguay, on the Riacho Mosquito.
						World Oral Literature Project											http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			55		10-99					Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Paraguay

Guana (Paraguay)

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4 rememberers

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

28

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

55

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~28

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

19

Discussion

Guana (Paraguay)

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4 rememberers

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

28

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

55

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~28

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

19

Discussion

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