Also Known As:
Totoro, Polindara
Dialects & Varieties
Namoi nam trik pesenamɨtan*: Reflexiones sobre el proceso de revitalización de la lengua nam trik de Totoró, Cauca, Colombia
Tulio R. Curieux; Geny G. Castaño; and Esteban D. Montenegro. 2012. "Namoi Nam Trik Pesenamɨtan*: Reflexiones Sobre El Proceso De Revitalización De La Lengua Nam Trik De Totoró, Cauca, Colombia." In Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin America, Online: http://kellogg.nd.edu/STLILLA/proceedings/Diaz_Gonzalez_Rojas.pdf.
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Approx. 50
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Speakers
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Ethnic or community population
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Location and Context
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Location Description
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Government Support
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Institutional Support
support from the Ministerio de Educación Nacional
Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Spanish
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Comments on writing systems:
The writing system is an phonemic alphabet. there are 27 consonants and 6 vowels.
Recent Resources
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There is also a radio series “namoi nam trik pesenamitan”, and various multimedia tools for language learning and preservation.