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ALSO KNOWN AS		Baniwa, Baniva, Baniva do Içana, Suicí, Ualiperi, Siusi, Baniua do Içana, Maniba, Baniba, Issana, Dakenei, Karútana-Baniwa, Karútana-Baniva, Baniba, Baniua do Içana, Kohoroxitari,
CLASSIFICATION		Arawakan, Northern Arawakan, Upper Amazon
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bwi
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Karutana (Carútana) Baniwa
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Sources confuse other languages that are also called "Baniwa" (spelling varies). Yavitero (Baniva de Guainía) [yvt] is a different language.

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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
>9,554?
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
10,736
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Crevels (2012) joins Kurripako and Baniwa into a single language.
Brazil: Baniwa do Içana: 5,811 speakers (2005), 5,811 ethnic population.
Colombia: Curripaco (Baniva del Isana, Curripaco-Baniva, Kurripako): 7,000? speakers, ethnic population of 7,827 (2001).
Venezuela: (Kurripako (Curripaco, Wakuénai, Baniva-Kurripako, Baniwa del Isana): 3,743 speakers out of an ethnic population of 4,925 (2001).
Colombia: an unknown number of a few speakers.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
610
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
5150
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The Carutana dialect is extinct.
(Unchanged 2016.)

DATE OF INFO: 2007

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT: Rural schools
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "More parents are putting their children in schools. In rural areas, teacher use L1 most of the time; in urban areas, Portuguese [por] is used"

PLACES: Venezuela; Brazil; Colombia;

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,811
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,893
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
11,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Dados os fatos evidenciados ... acreditamos que se trate da mesma língua o Baniwa do Içana e o Kuripako ... Obviamente há algumas diferenças, ainda que poucas, e ocorrências distintas de alguns fones. Por isso, acreditamos que, pelo menos, do ponto de vista fonológico seja a mesma língua. As evidências de que tanto Baniwa do Içana quanto Kuripako sejam dialetos da mesma língua são muito grandes, pois funcionam de maneira extremamente semelhante ... As diferenças são definitivamente, bem menores que as semelhanças. (p.193.)

[Given the evident facts ... we believe that it is the same language that is involved, Baniwa of Içana and Kuripako ... Obviously there are some differences, though few, and distinct occurrences of some phones. Therefore, we believe that at least from the phonological point of view it is the same language. The evidence that both Baniwa of Içana and Kuripako are dialects of the same language is very large, because the function so extremely similarly ... The differences are definitely much smaller than the similarities. (.193.)]

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Os Baniwa e os Kuripako, de acordo com Ramirez (2001), formam um complexo étnico-cultural indígena de língua Aruak composto por vários clãs, que vivem na fronteira do Brasil com a Colômbia e a Venezuela, em comunidades que se situam às margens do (1) Rio Içana e seus afluentes Cuiari, Aiairi e Cubaté e de (2) comunidades ao longo do Rio Negro, chegando às cidades de São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Santa Isabel e Barcelos no estado do Amazonas.
No Brasil, esses povos vivem numa região vulgarmente conhecida como Cabeça do Cachorro, somando um número estimado em 4000 pessoas, enquanto que, aproximadamente 8000 pessoas viveriam na Colômbia e Venezuela. Do lado brasileiro, a atual localização destes povos Aruak é na região da bacia do Rio Içana ...
Os Baniwa do Içana vivem mais afastados da Colômbia que os Kuripako. Estes, por sua vez, vivem em aldeias que se localizam nas áreas da Amazônia colombiana e, dentro do território venezuelano, na fronteira com a Colômbia. Os Kuripako, descritos em Granadillo (2006), vivem na Venezuela próximos da região de Puerto Ayacucho, Victorino e Rio Negro venezuelano ...
No Brasil, os Kuripako vivem no extremo noroeste brasileiro, nas áreas de fronteira com a Colômbia. (p.27)

[Baniwa and Kuripako, according to Ramirez (2001), form an indigenous ethno-cultural complex of Arawakan language composed of various clans, who live on the border of Brazil with Colombia and Venezuela, in communities that are situated on the banks of (1) Içana River and its tributaries, the Cuiari, Aiari, and Cubate, and (2) in communities along the Rio Negro, reaching the towns of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Santa Isabel and Barcelos in Amazonas state.
In Brazil, these people live in an area commonly known as the Dog Head, totaling an estimated 4,000 persons, while approximately 8000 individuals live in Colombia and Venezuela number. On the Brazilian side, the current location of these Arawakan peoples is in the region of the Içana River basin ...
The Baniwa of Içana live more remotely from Colombia than the Kuripako. They, in turn, live in villages that are located in areas of the Colombian Amazon, and inside Venezuelan territory on the border with Colombia. The Kuripako described in Granadillo (2006), live in Venezuela near the region of Puerto Ayacucho, Victorino and the Venezuelan Rio Negro ...
In Brazil, the Kuripako live in the Brazilian extreme northwest, in the border areas with Colombia,]

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
610? in Venezuela
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
610 in Venezuela, decreasing. Ethnic population: 2410 (2001 census).

DATE OF INFO: 2007 (speakers); 2001 census (ethnic population)

PLACES: Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela

		2012	Estudo fonológico da Língua Baniwa-Kuripako.							Unicamp	Unicamp, Campinas	http://etnolinguistica.wdfiles.com/local--files/tese%3Asouza-2012-baniwa/souza_2012_baniwa.pdf	Souza, Erick Marcelo Lima de	Souza, Erick Marcelo Lima de. 2012. Estudo fonológico da Língua Baniwa-Kuripako. M.A. thesis, Unicamp, Campinas.			11,000	2001	10000-99999	Dados os fatos evidenciados ... acreditamos que se trate da mesma língua o Baniwa do Içana e o Kuripako ... Obviamente há algumas diferenças, ainda que poucas, e ocorrências distintas de alguns fones. Por isso, acreditamos que, pelo menos, do ponto de vista fonológico seja a mesma língua. As evidências de que tanto Baniwa do Içana quanto Kuripako sejam dialetos da mesma língua são muito grandes, pois funcionam de maneira extremamente semelhante ... As diferenças são definitivamente, bem menores que as semelhanças. (p.193.) [Given the evident facts ... we believe that it is the same language that is involved, Baniwa of Içana and Kuripako ... Obviously there are some differences, though few, and distinct occurrences of some phones. Therefore, we believe that at least from the phonological point of view it is the same language. The evidence that both Baniwa of Içana and Kuripako are dialects of the same language is very large, because the function so extremely similarly ... The differences are definitely much smaller than the similarities. (.193.)]				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Os Baniwa e os Kuripako, de acordo com Ramirez (2001), formam um complexo étnico-cultural indígena de língua Aruak composto por vários clãs, que vivem na fronteira do Brasil com a Colômbia e a Venezuela, em comunidades que se situam às margens do (1) Rio Içana e seus afluentes Cuiari, Aiairi e Cubaté e de (2) comunidades ao longo do Rio Negro, chegando às cidades de São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Santa Isabel e Barcelos no estado do Amazonas. No Brasil, esses povos vivem numa região vulgarmente conhecida como Cabeça do Cachorro, somando um número estimado em 4000 pessoas, enquanto que, aproximadamente 8000 pessoas viveriam na Colômbia e Venezuela. Do lado brasileiro, a atual localização destes povos Aruak é na região da bacia do Rio Içana ... Os Baniwa do Içana vivem mais afastados da Colômbia que os Kuripako. Estes, por sua vez, vivem em aldeias que se localizam nas áreas da Amazônia colombiana e, dentro do território venezuelano, na fronteira com a Colômbia. Os Kuripako, descritos em Granadillo (2006), vivem na Venezuela próximos da região de Puerto Ayacucho, Victorino e Rio Negro venezuelano ... No Brasil, os Kuripako vivem no extremo noroeste brasileiro, nas áreas de fronteira com a Colômbia. (p.27) [Baniwa and Kuripako, according to Ramirez (2001), form an indigenous ethno-cultural complex of Arawakan language composed of various clans, who live on the border of Brazil with Colombia and Venezuela, in communities that are situated on the banks of (1) Içana River and its tributaries, the Cuiari, Aiari, and Cubate, and (2) in communities along the Rio Negro, reaching the towns of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Santa Isabel and Barcelos in Amazonas state. In Brazil, these people live in an area commonly known as the Dog Head, totaling an estimated 4,000 persons, while approximately 8000 individuals live in Colombia and Venezuela number. On the Brazilian side, the current location of these Arawakan peoples is in the region of the Içana River basin ... The Baniwa of Içana live more remotely from Colombia than the Kuripako. They, in turn, live in villages that are located in areas of the Colombian Amazon, and inside Venezuelan territory on the border with Colombia. The Kuripako described in Granadillo (2006), live in Venezuela near the region of Puerto Ayacucho, Victorino and the Venezuelan Rio Negro ... In Brazil, the Kuripako live in the Brazilian extreme northwest, in the border areas with Colombia,]	Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer		Oxford University Press	New York					2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.													2.66666666667,-66.8333333333
		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.			610? in Venezuela	2007 (speakers); 2001 census (ethnic population)	100-999	610 in Venezuela, decreasing. Ethnic population: 2410 (2001 census).				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela
	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		5,811		1000-9999					Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			1.2743,-68.291
	17th	2013	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)			Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig		Dallas, Texas: SIL International				http://www.ethnologue.com Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		5150	610	2007	1000-9999	The Carutana dialect is extinct. (Unchanged 2016.)	Nhengatu, Portuguese	"More parents are putting their children in schools. In rural areas, teacher use L1 most of the time; in urban areas, Portuguese [por] is used"	Rural schools	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Venezuela; Brazil; Colombia;
			World Oral Literature Project									http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			5,893		1000-9999					Threatened (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.		10,736	>9,554?		1000-9999	Crevels (2012) joins Kurripako and Baniwa into a single language. Brazil: Baniwa do Içana: 5,811 speakers (2005), 5,811 ethnic population. Colombia: Curripaco (Baniva del Isana, Curripaco-Baniva, Kurripako): 7,000? speakers, ethnic population of 7,827 (2001). Venezuela: (Kurripako (Curripaco, Wakuénai, Baniva-Kurripako, Baniwa del Isana): 3,743 speakers out of an ethnic population of 4,925 (2001). Colombia: an unknown number of a few speakers.				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

>9,554?

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

610

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,811

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,893

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

11,000

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

610? in Venezuela

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Baniwa

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

>9,554?

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

610

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,811

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,893

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

11,000

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

610? in Venezuela

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