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ALSO KNOWN AS		Poyanáwa, Poianáua, Puinahua, Poyannawa, Puyanawa
CLASSIFICATION		Pano-Tacanan, Mainline
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pyn
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Information from: “Panoan Languages and Linguistics” . Fleck, David W. (2013) American Museum of Natural History

Dormant
No longer spoken as an everyday language, but a few speakers remember it.
Native speakers worldwide

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obsolescent (i.e., no longer spoken as an everyday language, but a few speakers remember it)

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
12
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
403
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the ethnic population is from ISA (1999).

DATE OF INFO: 1992

PLACES: Brazil;

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
403

DATE OF INFO: 1999

PLACES: Brazil

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Acre, on the Upper Rio Moa, tributary of the Jumá, Mâncio Lima Municipality, Terra Indígena Poyanawa.

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
403

DATE OF INFO: 1999

PLACES: Brazil

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1?
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~500
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Em 2009, dos cerca de 500 índios puyanawa, apenas três falavam o Puyanawa: Railda Manaitá, 79, a única fluente na língua; seu irmão, Luiz Manaitá, 85; e o ex-cacique Mario Puyanawa, 65.
Apesar do esforço em retomar a língua, os resultados ainda são limitados: nenhum aluno consegue manter um diálogo em Puyanawa.
[In 2009, of the approximately 500 Puyanawa Indians, only three spoke Puyanawa: Railda Manaitá, 79, the only one fluent in the language; his brother, Luiz Manaitá, 85; and former chief Mario Puyanawa, 65.
Despite effort to recover the language, the results are still limited: no student can carry on a dialogue in Puyanawa.]

DATE OF INFO: 2009

Dormant
No known L1 speakers
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
400

DATE OF INFO: for ethnic population 1999

PLACES: Brazil

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Acre state: upper Rio Môa, Jumá tributary.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
310
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

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

	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	403	12	1992	10-99	Data for the ethnic population is from ISA (1999).	Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Brazil;
		2016	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)				Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	online	SIL International		Dallas, Texas		http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition (2016). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		400	No known L1 speakers	for ethnic population 1999			Dormant ()		Acre state: upper Rio Môa, Jumá tributary.	Brazil
			Povos Indígenas no Brasil				Ricardo, Fany Pantaleoni and Bruno Belivaqua Aguilar			2014		Instituto Socioambiental (ISA)	http://pib.socioambiental.org/pt/povo/kaixana				~500	1?	2009	1-9	Em 2009, dos cerca de 500 índios puyanawa, apenas três falavam o Puyanawa: Railda Manaitá, 79, a única fluente na língua; seu irmão, Luiz Manaitá, 85; e o ex-cacique Mario Puyanawa, 65. Apesar do esforço em retomar a língua, os resultados ainda são limitados: nenhum aluno consegue manter um diálogo em Puyanawa. [In 2009, of the approximately 500 Puyanawa Indians, only three spoke Puyanawa: Railda Manaitá, 79, the only one fluent in the language; his brother, Luiz Manaitá, 85; and former chief Mario Puyanawa, 65. Despite effort to recover the language, the results are still limited: no student can carry on a dialogue in Puyanawa.]	Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
0065-9452		2013	Panoan Languages and Linguistics	Panoan Languages and Linguistics		ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Number 99			American Museum of Natural History			ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Number 99	http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/6448/AP99.pdf?sequence=1	Fleck, David W.				No longer spoken as an everyday language, but a few speakers remember it.				Dormant ()	obsolescent (i.e., no longer spoken as an everyday language, but a few speakers remember it)
	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		2		1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					-7.6238,-73.2568
		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	403	2	1999	1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Brazil	Acre, on the Upper Rio Moa, tributary of the Jumá, Mâncio Lima Municipality, Terra Indígena Poyanawa.
			World Oral Literature Project										http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			310		100-999		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.		403	2	1999	1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Brazil

Poyanawa

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Dormant

No longer spoken as an everyday language, but a few speakers remember it.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

12

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1?

Dormant

No known L1 speakers

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

310

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Discussion

Poyanawa

Language metadata

Language information by source

Dormant

No longer spoken as an everyday language, but a few speakers remember it.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

12

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1?

Dormant

No known L1 speakers

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

310

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Discussion

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