Also Known As:
Lamista, Lamista Quechua
Dialects & Varieties
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Severely Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
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Transmission
Transmission 4
Many of the grandparent generation speak the language, but younger people generally do not.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 20th Edition (2017)
Bibliography of Locations:
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 20th Edition (2017)