Endangered Languages Project - Siriano

Siriano

^{[aka Sirianó, Siriana, Desano-Siriano]}

Classification: Tucanoan

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Sirianó, Siriana, Desano-Siriano, Chiranga, Desano-Siriano, Siria-Masã, Sarirá, Cirnga, Si-Ra, Sura Masa, Siriane, Surianá, Surirá, Suryana
CLASSIFICATION		Tucanoan, Eastern Tucanoan
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		sri
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Siriano [sri] and Desano [des] are not considered separate languages Desano (Desano-Siriano) by several scholars. (Cf. Campbell 2012:107.) "Lexical similarity: 90% with Desano [des], but the 2 languages diverge in their use of grammatical suffixes (Crevels 2007)" (Ethnologue 2013).

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)” . Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig · Dallas, Texas: SIL International

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
217
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
750 in Colombia (2001 Guía Etnográfica de Colombia); 52 in Brazil (FUNASA)
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
200 in Colombia (Civallero 2008). Population total all countries: 17 in Brazil (Moore 2006).

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Colombia; Brazil

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Colombia: "Vaupes Department, 3 separate areas near the Vaupes River, south and west of Mitu town." Brazil: "Amazonas, São Gabriel."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
347
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
71
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

0.318919, -69.247622

COORDINATES

.8788, -70.2685

COORDINATES

0.75, -70.1666666667

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Information from: “LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)” . Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie (2012)