ELP ID
31895
ELP Language
Paraujano
Speaker Number
1-9
Ethnic Population
20,000
Public Comment
Aunque actualmente existen 20.000 persons de esta etnia, el añú ha cesado la transmission inter-generacional y, al paraecer, solo la recuerdan contadísimas personas de edad muy avanzada y es de presumir que, incluso estas personas, conozcan la lengua de modo muy fragmentario. La única excepción parece ser Jofris Márquez … que la aprendió de su finada abuela. (p.130.)

[Although there are currently 20,000 persons of this ethnic group, Añú has ceased inter-generational transmission and, it seems, only a few persons people of advanced age remember it and it is to be presumed that even these people know the language very fragmentarily. The only exception appears to be Jofris Marquez ... who learned it from his late grandmother. (p.130.)]
Source
El añú o paraujano, una lengua arahuaca moribunda
Preferred
On
Speaker Number Text
1
Speaker Number Range
1-9