Endangered Languages Project - Enlhet Norte

Enlhet Norte

^{[aka Lengua, Enxet, Vowak]}

Classification: Enlhet-Enenlhet (Mascoyan)

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lengua, Enxet, Vowak, Pwak, Lengua Norte
CLASSIFICATION		Enlhet-Enenlhet (Mascoyan)
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		enl
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Information from: “Temporal Predicative Particles in Sanapaná and the Enlhet-Enenlhet Language Family (Paraguay): Descriptive and Comparative Study” . Van Gysel, Jens L. (2017)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7500
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
8100
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Enlhet Norte, with 96% of the ethnic population of 8100 still speaking the language, coming down to over 7500 native speakers."

DATE OF INFO: 2012

MORE ON VITALITY

"Enlhet Norte, with 96% of the ethnic population of 8100 still speaking the language, coming down to over 7500 native speakers."

PLACES: Paraguay

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6440
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
7220

DATE OF INFO: 2002 (census)

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Used as L2 by Sanapaná [spn].

PLACES: Paraguay

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Alto Paraguay department; Boquerón department: Filadelfia; Presidente Hayes department: Paratodo and north.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2007

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Also use Nivaclé [cag], Paraguayan Guaraní [gug], Spanish [spa]. Used as L2 by Sanapaná [spn].

PLACES: Paraguay;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Boquerón Department, Filadelfia; Presidente Hayes Department, Paratodo and north.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,982
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
7,221

DATE OF INFO: 2002

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,705
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press