5921 Kari'nja 1000-9999 23752 There are an unknown number of elder speakers among an ethnic population of 66 people in Brazil, 2,400 speakers out of an ethnic population of 4,000 in French Guiana, less than 5,000 speakers among an ethnic population of 16,686 people (2001) in Venezuela, and 1200 speakers out of an ethnic population of 3,000 people in Suriname. Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking On ~8,600 1000-9999