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ALSO KNOWN AS		Marobo, Marúbo, Maruba, Marova, Kaniuá, Katukína, Marubo of the Javari Basin
CLASSIFICATION		Pano-Tacanan, Mainline
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mzr
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Information from: “A Survey of the languages of the Javari River Valley, Brazil” . Anonby, Stan, and David J. Holbrook (2010) Summer Institute of Linguistics

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1043
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The 1995 Ethnologue lists an estimate of 594 speakers of the Marúbo. According to demographics illustrated on the Socioambiental web site ... in 2000, there were 1,043 Marúbo, living in four locations. This figure is more likely the accurate figure, since it is based on ongoing demographic research. This research began in 1975 and has continued at least through the year 2000. Due to population growth, the actual population total is likely even higher. (pp.9-10)

PLACES: Brazil

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The Marúbo villages are along the Itui and Curuça Rivers, but many live permanently in Atalaia
do Norte.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The 1995 Ethnologue lists an estimate of 594 speakers of the Marúbo. According to demographics illustrated on the Socioambiental web site ... in 2000, there were 1,043 Marúbo, living in four locations. This figure is more likely the accurate figure, since it is based on ongoing demographic research. This research began in 1975 and has continued at least through the year 2000. Due to population growth, the actual population total is likely even higher. (pp.9-10)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,252
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1252

DATE OF INFO: 2006

PLACES: Brazil

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,252
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
594
Native speakers worldwide

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: According to the Marubos, the current-day Marubo ethnic group is composed of several tribes who spoke mutually intelligible Panoan languages ... and the language of one of these groups (tje Shainawabo people) is what the Marubos speak now, and a second language was in part retained as a ceremonial/shamanic language, called Asan ikiki by the Marubos ... However, the oral history does not match the linguistic facts, as Asan ikiki seems to actually be Marubo with substituted words, which may or may not originate from a sister language. (p.47)

PLACES: Brazil

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,040
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from ISA (2000).

1,250 (2006 FUNASA) (2016)

PLACES: Brazil;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Amazonas, along headwaters of Curuçá, Ipixuna, and Javarí tributaries, near the Peru border. Large groups in the city of Atalaia do Norte city; smaller groups in the city of Cruzeiro do Sul.

		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		1,040		1000-9999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from ISA (2000). 1,250 (2006 FUNASA) (2016)		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Amazonas, along headwaters of Curuçá, Ipixuna, and Javarí tributaries, near the Peru border. Large groups in the city of Atalaia do Norte city; smaller groups in the city of Cruzeiro do Sul.	Brazil;
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.								According to the Marubos, the current-day Marubo ethnic group is composed of several tribes who spoke mutually intelligible Panoan languages ... and the language of one of these groups (tje Shainawabo people) is what the Marubos speak now, and a second language was in part retained as a ceremonial/shamanic language, called Asan ikiki by the Marubos ... However, the oral history does not match the linguistic facts, as Asan ikiki seems to actually be Marubo with substituted words, which may or may not originate from a sister language. (p.47)			Brazil
		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		1,252		1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				-6.0968,-70.2246
	Summer Institute of Languages: SIL Electronic Survey Report		2010	A Survey of the languages of the Javari River Valley, Brazil					Summer Institute of Linguistics			http://www.pnglanguages.org/silesr/2010/silesr2010-003.pdf	Anonby, Stan, and David J. Holbrook	Anonby, Stan, and David J. Holbrook. "A Survey of the languages of the Javari River Valley, Brazil." Summer Institute of Languages: SIL Electronic Survey Report. (2010).			1043		1000-9999	The 1995 Ethnologue lists an estimate of 594 speakers of the Marúbo. According to demographics illustrated on the Socioambiental web site ... in 2000, there were 1,043 Marúbo, living in four locations. This figure is more likely the accurate figure, since it is based on ongoing demographic research. This research began in 1975 and has continued at least through the year 2000. Due to population growth, the actual population total is likely even higher. (pp.9-10)		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	The 1995 Ethnologue lists an estimate of 594 speakers of the Marúbo. According to demographics illustrated on the Socioambiental web site ... in 2000, there were 1,043 Marúbo, living in four locations. This figure is more likely the accurate figure, since it is based on ongoing demographic research. This research began in 1975 and has continued at least through the year 2000. Due to population growth, the actual population total is likely even higher. (pp.9-10)	Brazil	The Marúbo villages are along the Itui and Curuça Rivers, but many live permanently in Atalaia do Norte.
				World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			594		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.		1252	1,252	2006	1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Brazil

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1043

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,252

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,252

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

594

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,040

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Marubo

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1043

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,252

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,252

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

594

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,040

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