9808 Taushiro 1-9 20 Due to an epidemic disease in the same decade [1960s] and to the fact that most survivors have intermarried with non-Taushiro speakers and have adopted Spanish or a variety of Quechua, the language is now on the brink of extinction with 1 speaker out of an ethnic group of 20 (p.213). Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking Off 1 1-9