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Now called Xiwilu.

ALSO KNOWN AS		Xiwilu, Jebero, Chébero, Jébero, Xihuila, Xébero, Xevero, Xebero, Chebero, Hevero
CLASSIFICATION		Cahuapanan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		jeb
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Information from: “El uso del perfecto en secuencias narrativas en el español peruano amazónico: el caso de Jeberos” (33-70) . Yupanqui, Margarita Jara and Pilar M. Valenzuela (2013)

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<30
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
4,000
OLDER ADULTS
<30
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Según una exploración in situ realizada entre 2010 y 2011 ... existirían unas 30 personas capaces de hablarlo fluidamente, todas bilingües en español regional y con un promedio de edad cercano a los 70 años. (p. 40.)
[According to an in situ exploration conducted between 2010 and 2011 ... there would be about 30 people able to speak fluently, all bilingual in regional Spanish and averaging close to 70 years old.]

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there would be about 30 people able to speak fluently, all bilingual in regional Spanish and averaging close to 70 years old

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Spanish

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

there would be about 30 people able to speak fluently, all bilingual in regional Spanish and averaging close to 70 years old (p. 40).

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Loreto region

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in several areas of the Aypena river basin, in the department of Loreto, Peru.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,500
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,000-3,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the ethnic population is from W. Adelaar (2000).

2,500 (2006). Ethnic population: 2,500 (2000 W. Adelaar) (2016 unchanged).

DATE OF INFO: 2006

PLACES: Peru;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Loreto Region, Alto Amazonas province, Jeberos district, between Marañon and Huallaga rivers.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Loreto Region, Alto Amazonas province, Jeberos district, between Marañon and Huallaga rivers.

		2013	El uso del perfecto en secuencias narrativas en el español peruano amazónico: el caso de Jeberos	33-70			Lexis	37		http://www.revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/lexis/article/view/6899	Yupanqui, Margarita Jara and Pilar M. Valenzuela	Yupanqui, Margarita Jara and Pilar M. Valenzuela. "El uso del perfecto en secuencias narrativas en el español peruano amazónico: el caso de Jeberos." Lexis 37.1 (2013): 33-70.		<30	4,000	<30		10-99	Según una exploración in situ realizada entre 2010 y 2011 ... existirían unas 30 personas capaces de hablarlo fluidamente, todas bilingües en español regional y con un promedio de edad cercano a los 70 años. (p. 40.) [According to an in situ exploration conducted between 2010 and 2011 ... there would be about 30 people able to speak fluently, all bilingual in regional Spanish and averaging close to 70 years old.]	Spanish	there would be about 30 people able to speak fluently, all bilingual in regional Spanish and averaging close to 70 years old (p. 40).	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	there would be about 30 people able to speak fluently, all bilingual in regional Spanish and averaging close to 70 years old	14	15		Peru	Loreto region
	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			100		100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)								-5.3097,-75.9814
			Base de Datos de Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios						Lima, Peru	http://bdpi.cultura.gob.pe/	Ministerio de Cultura																	Peru	Spoken in several areas of the Aypena river basin, in the department of Loreto, Peru.
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.																		-5.41666666667,-76.5
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)		M. Paul Lewis	SIL International			Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		2,000-3,000	2,500	2006	1000-9999	Data for the ethnic population is from W. Adelaar (2000). 2,500 (2006). Ethnic population: 2,500 (2000 W. Adelaar) (2016 unchanged).			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Loreto Region, Alto Amazonas province, Jeberos district, between Marañon and Huallaga rivers.	Peru;	Loreto Region, Alto Amazonas province, Jeberos district, between Marañon and Huallaga rivers.

Shiwilu

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Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<30

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,500

Discussion

Shiwilu

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<30

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,500

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