Endangered Languages Project - Wanano

Wanano

^{[aka Uanana, Ananas, Wanana]}

Classification: Tucanoan

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Uanana, Ananas, Wanana, Wanâna, Wanano, Anana, Kótedia, Kótirya, Uanano, Kotiria, Guanano, Kotedia, Wanana-Pirá, Piratapuyo, Waikena, Kotiria, Wanana, Wanano-Piratapuyo
CLASSIFICATION		Tucanoan, Eastern Tucanoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		gvc
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue (2009) says Piratapuyo is close to Wanano linguistically (99%% lexical similarity) but ethnically distinct; the two groups do not intermarry. Ethnologue (2013) says Piratapuyo is reportedly similar to Guanano (Wanano) [gvc] but ethnically distinct, and that there is 75% intelligibility with Guanano (1992 N. Waltz). Campbell (2012:108) and Kaufman (2007: 68) lists Wanano and Piratapuyo as a single language.

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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,045
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,130
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are 650 speakers out of a total ethnic population of 735 people in Brazil and 1,395 speakers in Colombia.

DATE OF INFO: 2005 Brazil, 2001 Colombia

PLACES: Brazil and Colombia

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~2,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~2,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
some 2,000, approximately 65% of whom live in Colombia (1,300 acording to the 2005 Colombian census) and 35% in Brazil (Federação das Organizações do Rio Negro and Instituto Socioambental 2006: 43).

DATE OF INFO: 2005 Colombia, 2006 Brazil

PLACES: Brazil, Colombia

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
650
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
850
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
550 in Brazil (1995 AMTB).

450 in Brazil (Moore 2006); population total all countries: 750 (2013).

PLACES: Brazil; Colombia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Brazil: Northwest Amazonas. Colombia: Lower Vaupés River region.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Northwest Amazonas, on the border with Colombia, Terra Indígena Alto Rio Negro.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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0.833333333333,-69.5

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1.0106,-69.6423

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press