Endangered Languages Project - Puinave

Puinave

^{[aka Guipuinave, Guaipunavos, Puinabe]}

Classification: Isolate

·

threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Guipuinave, Guaipunavos, Puinabe, Guaipuinavi, Waipuinavi, Wonsüht, Guaipunavi, Wãnsöhöt
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, South American
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pui
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Compare Sources (5)

Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,154
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
7,911
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are 6,604 speakers (and ethnic populaction) in Colombia (2001) and 550 speakers out of an ethnic population of 1307 people in Venezuela (2001).

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Colombia and Venezuela

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,377
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,880
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
2,000 in Colombia (1977 NTM).
(Unchanged 2016, source 2008 Colombia, 2001 Venezuela.)

DATE OF INFO: 1977

PLACES: Venezuela; Colombia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Guainia and Vichada departments, Inírida River and tributaries.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Guainia and Vichada departments, Inírida River and tributaries.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,240
Native speakers worldwide

comments powered by Disqus

LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

COORDINATES

Compare Sources (2)

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