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ALSO KNOWN AS		Nononota
CLASSIFICATION		Witotoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		noj
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Information from: “Lengua nonuya y conservación lingüística: algunas refexiones” (49-65) . Romero Cruz. Isabel Victoria (2015)

Dormant
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Native speakers worldwide
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En la actualidad, no hay personas cuya lengua materna sea el nononotá. Quienes hoy tienen alguna competencia en la lengua, lo aprendieron posteriormente al muinane (como en el caso de los abuelos Elías y José) y al castellano (como en el caso de Evelio y Sika, hijos de don Elías). De los últimos tres hablantes nativos (fallecidos), se mantienen archivos de audio y transcripciones documentadas entre las décadas de los setenta y noventa en procesos liderados por miembros del grupo (especialmente el abuelo José Moreno, del clan mochilero), con el apoyo del lingüista Jon Landaburu, del antropólogo Juan Alvaro Echeverri y la Fundación Gaia (p.53).

[Currently, there are no people whose mother tongue is Nononotá. Those who today have some proficiency in the language learned it later after Muinane (as in the case of the elders Elijah and Joseph) and Spanish (as in the case of Evelio and Sika, sons of Don Elias). Of the last three native speakers (deceased), audio files and documented transcriptions from between the decades of the seventies to the nineties are kept in processes led by members of the group (especially the elder José Moreno, of the backpacker clan), with the support of linguist the Jon Landaburu, the anthropologist Juan Alvaro Echeverri, and the Gaia Foundation (p.54).]

DATE OF INFO: 2015

PLACES: Colombia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Comunidad Nonuya de Peña Roja, to the east of the urban centers of Araracuara (Caquetá) and Puerto Santander (Amazonas).

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
a few
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Población del grupo étnico nonuya por descendencia: aprox. 90. Hablantes: 4 y unos pocos más con competencia limitada.

[Population of the Nonuya ethnic group by descent: approximately 90. Speakers: 4 and a few more with limited competence.]

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PLACES: Colombia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

Localización de última comunidad de hablantes (Colombia, Departamento del Amazonas, Corregimiento de Puerto Santander, Comunidad de Peña Roja): 0°40'17.48"S, 72° 5'2.70"W.

[Location of the last community of speakers (Colombia, Amazonas Department, township of Puerto Santander, community of Peña Roja: 0°40'17.48"S, 72° 5'2.70"W.]

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3
Native speakers worldwide
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In Colombia: 3.
In Peru: No known L1 speakers.

DATE OF INFO: 2007

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Nearly extinct.

PLACES: Colombia, Peru

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: In Colombia: Amazonas department: Puerto Santander municipality, Peña Roja.
In Peru: Loreto region: Maynas province, Putumayo district.

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
some?
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Se encuentran al borde de la desaparición otras lenguas como el ... nonuya de las cuales ya no quedan sino ancianos que conocen algunas palabras (p. 38).

[Other languages are found on the verge of disappearing such as ... Nonuya of whom there remain only elders who know some words.]

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Only some elders who know some words.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Spanish

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Only some elders who know some words.

PLACES: Colombia

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
228

DATE OF INFO: 2001

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PLACES: Colombia

Awakening
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The language has gone extinct or is "hanging by a thread", according to Aguirre and Reinoso (2006: 131).

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In 2015, a project will commence called "Recuperación de la lengua nonuya en la Comunidad Nonuya de Peña Roja" (Recovery of the Nonuya Language in the Nonuya Community of Peña Roja [Red Rock]), under the supervision of Juan Alvaro Echeverri.

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
90
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"3 in Colombia (2007 J. Echeverri). Population total all countries: 4."

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"Language revival taking place."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

ndoque [ano]
Muinane [bmr]
Murui Huitoto [huu]
Spanish [spa]

PLACES: Colombia; Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Amazonas Department, Puerto Santander municipality, Peña Roja."

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Amazonas Department, Puerto Santander municipality, Peña Roja.

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
200

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TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Colombia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: On the Middle Caqueta , Villa Azul, and on the Lower Putumayo.

		2009	Lengua nonuya: Estado de la documentación de la lengua y transcripción y traducción de grabaciones de cuatro hablantes de la lengua	A multimedia documentation of the languages of the People of the Center		Seifart, Frank, D. Fagua, J. Gasché, & J.A. Echeverri					Nijmegen	DOBES-MPI		http://corpus1.mpi.nl/ds/imdi_browser/?openpath=MPI77915%23 https://archive.mpi.nl/tla/islandora/search/nonuya?type=dismax	Echeverri, Juan Alvaro	Echeverri, Juan Alvaro (ed.) (2009). Lengua nonuya: Estado de la documentación de la lengua y transcripción y traducción de grabaciones de cuatro hablantes de la lengua. Published online in: Seifart, Frank, Fagua, D., Gasché, J., & J.A. Echeverri (eds.), A multimedia documentation of the languages of the People of the Center. Online publication of transcribed and translated Bora, Ocaina, Nonuya, Resígaro, and Witoto audio and video recordings with linguistic and ethnographic annotations and descriptions. Nijmegen: DOBES-MPI. Retrieved from http://corpus1.mpi.nl/ds/imdi_browser/?openpath=MPI77915%23			4		1-9	Población del grupo étnico nonuya por descendencia: aprox. 90. Hablantes: 4 y unos pocos más con competencia limitada. [Population of the Nonuya ethnic group by descent: approximately 90. Speakers: 4 and a few more with limited competence.]	a few			Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		15		Colombia	Localización de última comunidad de hablantes (Colombia, Departamento del Amazonas, Corregimiento de Puerto Santander, Comunidad de Peña Roja): 0°40'17.48"S, 72° 5'2.70"W. [Location of the last community of speakers (Colombia, Amazonas Department, township of Puerto Santander, community of Peña Roja: 0°40'17.48"S, 72° 5'2.70"W.]	0.671522,-72.084083
	27	2015	Lengua nonuya y conservación lingüística: algunas refexiones		49-65				Mundo Amazónico	6				file:///Users/lrc25/Downloads/52401-280238-1-PB.pdf	Romero Cruz. Isabel Victoria	Romero Cruz. Isabel Victoria. 2015. Lengua nonuya y conservación lingüística: algunas refexiones. Mundo Amazónico 6.49-65.			Ø	2015		En la actualidad, no hay personas cuya lengua materna sea el nononotá. Quienes hoy tienen alguna competencia en la lengua, lo aprendieron posteriormente al muinane (como en el caso de los abuelos Elías y José) y al castellano (como en el caso de Evelio y Sika, hijos de don Elías). De los últimos tres hablantes nativos (fallecidos), se mantienen archivos de audio y transcripciones documentadas entre las décadas de los setenta y noventa en procesos liderados por miembros del grupo (especialmente el abuelo José Moreno, del clan mochilero), con el apoyo del lingüista Jon Landaburu, del antropólogo Juan Alvaro Echeverri y la Fundación Gaia (p.53). [Currently, there are no people whose mother tongue is Nononotá. Those who today have some proficiency in the language learned it later after Muinane (as in the case of the elders Elijah and Joseph) and Spanish (as in the case of Evelio and Sika, sons of Don Elias). Of the last three native speakers (deceased), audio files and documented transcriptions from between the decades of the seventies to the nineties are kept in processes led by members of the group (especially the elder José Moreno, of the backpacker clan), with the support of linguist the Jon Landaburu, the anthropologist Juan Alvaro Echeverri, and the Gaia Foundation (p.54).]				Dormant ()				Comunidad Nonuya de Peña Roja, to the east of the urban centers of Araracuara (Caquetá) and Puerto Santander (Amazonas).	Colombia
		2015	Acompañamiento al proceso de revitalización de la lengua nonuya: un caso de lucha por la supervivencia lingüística								Bogotá		Universidad Nacional de Colombia		Romero Cruz, Isabel Victoria						Awakening	The language has gone extinct or is "hanging by a thread", according to Aguirre and Reinoso (2006: 131).				Awakening ()		In 2015, a project will commence called "Recuperación de la lengua nonuya en la Comunidad Nonuya de Peña Roja" (Recovery of the Nonuya Language in the Nonuya Community of Peña Roja [Red Rock]), under the supervision of Juan Alvaro Echeverri.
		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.			3	2007	1-9	In Colombia: 3. In Peru: No known L1 speakers.				Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	Nearly extinct.	15	In Colombia: Amazonas department: Puerto Santander municipality, Peña Roja. In Peru: Loreto region: Maynas province, Putumayo district.	Colombia, Peru
		2012	LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)									Institute for Language Information and Technology	Eastern Michigan University	http://llmap.org	Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie	Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.																	-0.156347,-71.782031
		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	200	2		1-9					Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		15		Colombia	On the Middle Caqueta , Villa Azul, and on the Lower Putumayo.
18th		2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition			Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig		SIL International			Dallas, Texas			http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		90	4		1-9	"3 in Colombia (2007 J. Echeverri). Population total all countries: 4."		ndoque [ano], Muinane [bmr], Murui Huitoto [huu], Spanish [spa]		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		"Language revival taking place."		Amazonas Department, Puerto Santander municipality, Peña Roja.	Colombia; Peru	"Amazonas Department, Puerto Santander municipality, Peña Roja."
		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.		228	2	2001	1-9					Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		15		Colombia
		2010	Las lenguas indígenas de Colombia problemáticas y perspectivas		27-39				UniverSOS (Revista de Lenguas Indígenas y Universos Culturales)	7					Ardila, Olga.	Ardila, Olga. "Las lenguas indígenas de Colombia problemáticas y perspectivas." UniverSOS (Revista de Lenguas Indígenas y Universos Culturales) 7 (2010): 27-39.			0			Se encuentran al borde de la desaparición otras lenguas como el ... nonuya de las cuales ya no quedan sino ancianos que conocen algunas palabras (p. 38). [Other languages are found on the verge of disappearing such as ... Nonuya of whom there remain only elders who know some words.]	some?	Spanish	Only some elders who know some words.	Dormant ()		Only some elders who know some words.			Colombia

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