The 23 possibly are semi-speakers.

Pilar Valenzuela (personal communication) reports that Glaucia Candido (a linguist who worked with the Shanenawas) asked a Shanenawa friend the question, and he reports that today there are only 23 fluent speakers, from a population of 800 Shanenawas. Adults (including Candido's friend who is reporting this) speak the language but not with fluency and the children understdand but do not speak it.

Shanenawá (Katukina Shanenawá)

9 (Moore 2006). Ethnic population: 360 (2002 FUNAI).

There may be confusion here; Moore (2006:40) lists under "Pano family" Shanenawa with [300] as its population, but no number of speakers given, but lists also under "Pano family" Arara / Shawanauá, saying of this: "Arara, Shanenawá, Yamináwa, Yawanawá, Yawanawá dlalects of one language" with 9? speakers and a populations of 300.