ELP ID
10146
ELP Language
Mandahuaca
Speaker Number
None
Public Comment
Mandahuaca is sometimes considered a dialect of Baré. It is not clear how big the ethnic group is, since the figure of 3,000 that used to be cited (e.g. Gaceta Indigenista 1975) probably included Baré, Baniva, and Mandahuaca. It is possible that today the language is extinct in Venezuela and it probably became extinct in the 1990s in Brazil, where speakers have shifted to Nheengatu (Ñengatú). (p. 217)
Source
Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
Preferred
On
Speaker Number Text
0?
Speaker Number Range
None