Endangered Languages Project - Apuriná

Apuriná

^{[aka Ipuriná, Kangite, Apurinã]}

Classification: Arawakan

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Ipuriná, Kangite, Apurinã, Ipurina, Apurinã, Ipurinãn, Popengare, Cangaiti, Cacharary
CLASSIFICATION		Arawakan, Southern Arawakan, Southern Outlier
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		apu
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Negation in Apurinã (Arawak)” (121-145 ch. Negation in Apurinã (Arawak)) . Facundes, Sidi (2014) , Lev Michael and Tania Granadillo · Brill

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~400
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~3000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In most villages, the language is not being taught to children, and only adults -- in some villages, only elders -- still have fluent command of it. The number of speakers is unlikely to exceed 400 out of a population of nearly 3,000." (p. 117)

DATE OF INFO: 2014

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"In most villages, the language is not being taught to children, and only adults -- in some villages, only elders -- still have fluent command of it." (p. 117)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,780
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
4,087 (FUNASA 2003), 6,990 (FUNASA 2010)
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speakers: Moore (2006); ethnic population: FUNASA (2003, 2010).

2,780 (Moore 2006). Ethnic population: 6,990 (2010 FUNASA) (2013 unchanged).

DATE OF INFO: Speakers: Moore (2006); ethnic population: FUNASA (2003, 2010)

PLACES: Brazil;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northwest Mato Grosso State; Amazonas State, scattered over the Purus River from Rio Branco to Manaus.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Northwest Mato Grosso State; Amazonas State, scattered over the Purus River from Rio Branco to Manaus.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
3256

PLACES: Brazil

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

COORDINATES

-5.4847,-63.8964

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Information from: “Negation in Apurinã (Arawak)” (121-145 ch. Negation in Apurinã (Arawak)) . Facundes, Sidi (2014) , Lev Michael and Tania Granadillo · Brill