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ALSO KNOWN AS		Omagua-Yete, Ariana, Pariana, Anapia, Macanipa, Kambeba, Yhuata, Umaua, Cambeba, Campeba, Cambela, Cambeeba, Compeva, Canga-Peba, Agua, Omagua-Campeva, Omawa-Kampeva, Janbeba
CLASSIFICATION		Tupian, Tupi-Guaranian, Cocaman
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		omg
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Information from: “"Collaborative Research: Kokama-Kokamilla and Omagua: Documentation, Description and (Non-)Genetic Relationships" NSF DEL Abstract” . Vallejos, Rosa (2010)

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10
Native speakers worldwide
ELDERS
<10
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youngest speaker is 80 years old

TRANSMISSION

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Amazon

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
few?
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
997
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Until recently it was thought that Omagua speakers above 40 years of age used to understand their parents, but no longer speak the language themselves. According to Lev Michael (p.c. 2010), however, in Peru only two speakers still remain today (possibly more in Brazil).
Few people out of an ethnic population of 347 people speak this language while 2 people speak it in Peru.

DATE OF INFO: 1976, 2010

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Until recently it was thought that Omagua speakers above 40 years of age used to understand their parents, but no longer speak the language themselves. According
to Lev Michael (p.c. 2010), however, in Peru only two speakers still remain today (possibly more in Brazil).

PLACES: Brazil, Peru

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7
Native speakers worldwide
ELDERS
7
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During the course of fieldwork carried out in the summers of 2010 and 2011 in San Joaquín de Omaguas and the urban center of Iquitos by UC Berkeley linguists Zachary O'Hagan, Clare Sandy, Tammy Stark and Vivian Wauters, 7 Omagua speakers were located, ranging in age from (at the time of writing) 75 to 92. Additional speakers may live in San Joaquín de Omaguas, nearby San Salvador de Omaguas (the two principal Omagua communities in Peru from the latter 19th century onward) and in the area surrounding Tefé, Brazil (Grenand & Grenand 1997).

DATE OF INFO: 2011

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
166-256?
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
783
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Peru: 10 to 100 in Peru (1976 SIL). Ethnic population: 627 (1976). Brazil: 156 (2000 ISA) may refer to the whole ethnic population. Ethnic population: 156.

DATE OF INFO: 1976

PLACES: Brazil; Peru;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Peru: Omaguas near Iquitos. Brazil: Amazonas.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Loreto region, San Joaquín de Omaguas, San Salvador de Omaguas, El Porvenir, Grau, and other settlements on lower Marañón left bank, near Ucayali River mouth.

Endangered

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

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
790
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Peru: 10 (2011), ethnic population: 630 (1976).
Brazil: No known L1 speakers, ethnic population: 160 (2000 ISA).

DATE OF INFO: 2011

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OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Kukama-Kukamiria [cod], Spanish [spa].

PLACES: Peru, Brazil

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Peru: Loreto region: El Porvenir, Grau, San Joaquín de Omaguas, San Salvador de Omaguas, and other settlements on lower Marañón left bank, near Ucayali river mouth.
Brazil (no L1 speakers): Amazonas state: Alvaráes municipality, Terra Indígena Igarapé Grande; Maraã municipality, Terra Indígena Jaquiri; Tefé municipality, Santa Cruz on right bank of Solimões river, and Terra Indígena Kokama.

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Department of Loreto, Peru.

			Base de Datos de Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios						Lima, Peru	http://bdpi.cultura.gob.pe/	Ministerio de Cultura																Peru	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.																	-4.0,-73.5
	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	783	166-256?	1976	100-999	Peru: 10 to 100 in Peru (1976 SIL). Ethnic population: 627 (1976). Brazil: 156 (2000 ISA) may refer to the whole ethnic population. Ethnic population: 156.				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Loreto region, San Joaquín de Omaguas, San Salvador de Omaguas, El Porvenir, Grau, and other settlements on lower Marañón left bank, near Ucayali River mouth.	Brazil; Peru;	Peru: Omaguas near Iquitos. Brazil: Amazonas.
		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.		790	10	2011	1-9	Peru: 10 (2011), ethnic population: 630 (1976). Brazil: No known L1 speakers, ethnic population: 160 (2000 ISA).		Spanish, Cocama-Cocamillla	Kukama-Kukamiria [cod], Spanish [spa].	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		15	Peru: Loreto region: El Porvenir, Grau, San Joaquín de Omaguas, San Salvador de Omaguas, and other settlements on lower Marañón left bank, near Ucayali river mouth. Brazil (no L1 speakers): Amazonas state: Alvaráes municipality, Terra Indígena Igarapé Grande; Maraã municipality, Terra Indígena Jaquiri; Tefé municipality, Santa Cruz on right bank of Solimões river, and Terra Indígena Kokama.	Peru, Brazil
	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)							-4.0724,-73.103
		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.		997	few?	1976, 2010	100-999	Until recently it was thought that Omagua speakers above 40 years of age used to understand their parents, but no longer speak the language themselves. According to Lev Michael (p.c. 2010), however, in Peru only two speakers still remain today (possibly more in Brazil). Few people out of an ethnic population of 347 people speak this language while 2 people speak it in Peru.				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Until recently it was thought that Omagua speakers above 40 years of age used to understand their parents, but no longer speak the language themselves. According to Lev Michael (p.c. 2010), however, in Peru only two speakers still remain today (possibly more in Brazil).			Brazil, Peru
		2010	"Collaborative Research: Kokama-Kokamilla and Omagua: Documentation, Description and (Non-)Genetic Relationships" NSF DEL Abstract							http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0965604&WT.z_pims_id=12816	Vallejos, Rosa	Vallejos, Rosa. 2010. ""Collaborative Research: Kokama-Kokamilla and Omagua: Documentation, Description and (Non-)Genetic Relationships" NSF DEL Abstract." Online: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0965604&WT.z_pims_id=12816.			<10		1-9	youngest speaker is 80 years old	<10			Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15					Amazon
												Zachary O'Hagan, Personal Communication			7	2011	1-9	During the course of fieldwork carried out in the summers of 2010 and 2011 in San Joaquín de Omaguas and the urban center of Iquitos by UC Berkeley linguists Zachary O'Hagan, Clare Sandy, Tammy Stark and Vivian Wauters, 7 Omagua speakers were located, ranging in age from (at the time of writing) 75 to 92. Additional speakers may live in San Joaquín de Omaguas, nearby San Salvador de Omaguas (the two principal Omagua communities in Peru from the latter 19th century onward) and in the area surrounding Tefé, Brazil (Grenand & Grenand 1997).	7			Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

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Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

few?

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

7

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

166-256?

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

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Omagua

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Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

few?

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

7

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

166-256?

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

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