ELP ID
14660
ELP Language
Taruma
Speaker Number
1-9
Public Comment
Taruma was thought to be extinct, since it was believed that the ethnic group had disappeared or had been assimilated into other indigenous groups by the mid-nineteenth century. Carlin, however, mentions a fewspeakers in Maruranau, a Wapishana village in the Rupanuni, Guyana.
Source
Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
Preferred
On
Speaker Number Text
A few
Speaker Number Range
1-9