Endangered languages

Endangered languages

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Yagua

Language; Endangered languages

The Yagua language is spoken by the Yagua people, primarily in northeastern Peru. As of 2005, it appears that a few speakers may have migrated northward across the Peruvian-Colombian border near the ...

Yanesha'

Language; Endangered languages

Also called Amuesha or Amoesha is a language spoken by the Amuesha people of Peru in central and eastern Pasco Region. Due to the influence and domination of the Inca Empire, Yanesha' has many ...

Kawésqar

Language; Endangered languages

Kawésqar is an Alacalufan language spoken in southern Chile by the Kawésqar people. Only about 20 speakers remain, half of them on Wellington Island, off the southwestern coast of Chile. Kawésqar has ...

Kunza

Language; Endangered languages

Kunza is an extinct, unclassified language spoken in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and southern Perú by the Lickan-antay people. The last Kunza speaker was found in 1949, although some have ...

Cabiyarí

Language; Endangered languages

Cabiyarí (Caviyari) is an Arawakan language spoken along the Cananarí River in the Vaupes Region of Colombia in north western South America. The name is also spelled Cabiuarí, Cauyarí, Kauyarí, ...

Tinigua

Language; Endangered languages

Tinigua (Tiniguas) is an endangered language isolate spoken in Colombia. As of 2000, Tinigua had only two remaining speakers, both of whom were male. The remaining speakers live in Meta Department, ...

U'wa

Language; Endangered languages

Commonly known as Tunebo, is a Chibchan language spoken by between 1,800 and 3,600 of the U'wa people of Colombia, out of a total population of about 7,000. It has 4 dialects: Duit, Sinsiga, Tunebo ...