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ALSO KNOWN AS		Tekiraka, Aushiri, Auishiri, Avishiri, Avixiri, Abiquira, Abishira, Abigira, Agouisiri, Ixignor, Vacacocha, Avirxiri, Tequraca
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, South American
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ash
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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

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
2?
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Vacacocha (Aushiri), considered extinct until recently, because all speakers had shifted to Quechua. In the 1930s there were about 25 Vacacocha in the area of Lake Vacacocha and another group of 30–40 in the region of the Tiputini River (Shiripuno River, Ecuador). In 2008, however, Lev Michael located a semi-speaker of Vacacocha in Puerto Elvira on the Napo River. Another speaker apparently lives near Iquitos.

DATE OF INFO: 2008

PLACES: Peru

Critically endangered

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

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1-9
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The language was presumed extinct, but recently Lev Michael a few speakers or semi-speakers.

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
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"No known L1 speakers."

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Loreto Region, Lake Vacacocha, Napo river, Puerto Elvira."

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Lev Michael (2010) reported the existence of two elderly women who remember some words and phrases of the language.

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The banks of the river Napo, especially around Lake Vacacocha.

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)			-2.0869,-74.5092
	2010	The status of the least documented language families in the world		177-212			Language Documentation and Conservation	4		http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4478/hammarstrom.pdf;jsessionid=76414DD90F95DF076959B1AEB0158091?sequence=1	Hammarström, Harald	Harald Hammarström. 2010. "The Status of the Least Documented Language Families in the World." In Language Documentation and Conservation, 4: 177-212. Online: http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4478/hammarstrom.pdf;jsessionid=76414DD90F95DF076959B1AEB0158091?sequence=1.				1-9	The language was presumed extinct, but recently Lev Michael a few speakers or semi-speakers.		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
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.		0			"No known L1 speakers."		Dormant ()	Peru	"Loreto Region, Lake Vacacocha, Napo river, Puerto Elvira."
	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.		0	2008		Vacacocha (Aushiri), considered extinct until recently, because all speakers had shifted to Quechua. In the 1930s there were about 25 Vacacocha in the area of Lake Vacacocha and another group of 30–40 in the region of the Tiputini River (Shiripuno River, Ecuador). In 2008, however, Lev Michael located a semi-speaker of Vacacocha in Puerto Elvira on the Napo River. Another speaker apparently lives near Iquitos.	2?	Dormant ()	Peru
		Base de Datos de Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios							Lima, Peru	http://bdpi.cultura.gob.pe/	Ministerio de Cultura			2		1-9	Lev Michael (2010) reported the existence of two elderly women who remember some words and phrases of the language.		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Peru	The banks of the river Napo, especially around Lake Vacacocha.

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Tequiraca

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