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ALSO KNOWN AS		Totoro, Polindara
CLASSIFICATION		Barbacoan, Northern Barbacoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ttk
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue mistakenly classifies Totoro (and 5 other Coconuco "languages") as Paezan, rather than Barbacoan.

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International

Dormant
Ø
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
3550
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
No known L1 speakers.

DATE OF INFO: (2007 ethnic population)

PLACES: Colombia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Cauca department: Totoro, 17 km west of Silvia.

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Approx. 50
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
All speakers are over 40 years of age.

DATE OF INFO: 2006-2012

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

through the revitalization plan, bilingual schools have been created at the primary level.

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

support from the Ministerio de Educación Nacional

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Spanish

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

El castellano ha desplazado al nam trik, en la mayoría de los dominios de uso públicos, familiares y comunitarios, existe una ruptura en la transmisión intergeneracional y al menos dos generaciones completas de monolingües en castellano. (=Spanish has displaced nam trik in the majority of public, familial, and community domains. there is a break in inter-generational transmission, and at least two full generations of monolingual Spanish speakers.)

There is also a radio series “namoi nam trik pesenamitan”, and various multimedia tools for language learning and preservation.

More on Orthography

The writing system is an phonemic alphabet. there are 27 consonants and 6 vowels.

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
4,130

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Colombia

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
4,130
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (Arango and Sánchez 1998).

No known L1 speakers. Ethnic population: 3,550 (Crevels 2007) (2013).

PLACES: Colombia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 17 km west of Silvia, Cauca, in Totoro town

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Cauca Department, 17 km west of Silvia, in Totoro town.

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4
Native speakers worldwide

	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis		SIL International		Dallas, TX			http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	4,130	4		1-9	Speaker number data: (Arango and Sánchez 1998). No known L1 speakers. Ethnic population: 3,550 (Crevels 2007) (2013).				Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Cauca Department, 17 km west of Silvia, in Totoro town.	Colombia;	17 km west of Silvia, Cauca, in Totoro town
		2016	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)			Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	online	SIL International		Dallas, Texas			http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition (2016). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		3550	Ø	(2007 ethnic population)		No known L1 speakers.				Dormant ()				Cauca department: Totoro, 17 km west of Silvia.	Colombia
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger					UNESCO Publishing		Paris			http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		4		1-9					Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							2.504,-76.4016
			World Oral Literature Project										http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			4		1-9					Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
July		2012	Namoi nam trik pesenamɨtan*: Reflexiones sobre el proceso de revitalización de la lengua nam trik de Totoró, Cauca, Colombia						Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin America		The Kellogg Institute for International Studies	University of Notre Dame	http://kellogg.nd.edu/STLILLA/proceedings/Diaz_Gonzalez_Rojas.pdf	Tulio R. Curieux; Geny G. Castaño; and Esteban D. Montenegro	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.			Approx. 50	2006-2012	10-99	All speakers are over 40 years of age.	Spanish	El castellano ha desplazado al nam trik, en la mayoría de los dominios de uso públicos, familiares y comunitarios, existe una ruptura en la transmisión intergeneracional y al menos dos generaciones completas de monolingües en castellano. (=Spanish has displaced nam trik in the majority of public, familial, and community domains. there is a break in inter-generational transmission, and at least two full generations of monolingual Spanish speakers.) There is also a radio series “namoi nam trik pesenamitan”, and various multimedia tools for language learning and preservation.	support from the Ministerio de Educación Nacional	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	through the revitalization plan, bilingual schools have been created at the primary level.	15
		2012	Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking	The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide	167-234	Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona		Mouton de Gruyter		Berlin				Crevels, Mily	Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Hans Henrich Hock et al.. 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.		4,130	4	2001	1-9					Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Colombia

Totoró

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Critically endangered

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4

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Approx. 50

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

Critically endangered

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4

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Totoró

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Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Approx. 50

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

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