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ALSO KNOWN AS		Iquita, Ikito, Amacacore, Hamacore, Quiturran, Puca-Uma, Ikitu
CLASSIFICATION		Zaparoan
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		iqu
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Pintuyacu
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Kaufman (2007:69) has Iquito-Cahuarano as a single language; others have the 2 as separate languages.

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Information from: “Personal communication about Iquito” . Lev Michael (2014)

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
12-15
Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Peru

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
35
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
230
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
1 monolingual

DATE OF INFO: 2002 (speaker number), 2007 (ethnic population)

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Decreasing. Older adults.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Negative

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Spanish

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Loreto Region, Pintoyacu, Nanay, and Chambira rivers; San Antonia and Atalaya.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Peruvian Amazon

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
22-26
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
230

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Department of Loreto, Province of Maynas, on the Nanay River, to the northwest of Iquitos, in San Antonio de
Pintoyacu, Atalaya, and Saboya.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
35
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Spoken fluently only by seniors.

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin

More on Orthography

The language has a standardized alphabet, created by the Ministry of Education (MOE RD-021-2014 / VMGP / DIGEIBIR).

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken between the Pintoyacu, Chambira, and Nanay rivers in Maynas Province, Loreto Region, Peru.

			Base de Datos de Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios					Lima, Peru	http://bdpi.cultura.gob.pe/	Ministerio de Cultura										Critically Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	Spoken fluently only by seniors.			Peru	Spoken between the Pintoyacu, Chambira, and Nanay rivers in Maynas Province, Loreto Region, Peru.
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.																-3.25,-74.0
		2014	Personal communication about Iquito							Lev Michael	Lev Michael Personal communication about Iquito. 2014.			12-15		10-99		Spanish		Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		15	15	Peru
	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		25		10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							-3.6449,-74.1577
		2003	"Iquito Language Documentation Project" HRELP Abstract						http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=20	Nora England	England, Nora. 2003. ""Iquito Language Documentation Project" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=20.			25		10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Peru	Peruvian Amazon
		2007	South America	Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages	103-196	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			Mily Crevels	Crevels, Mily. 2007. "South America." In Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 103-196. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	230	22-26		10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Peru	Department of Loreto, Province of Maynas, on the Nanay River, to the northwest of Iquitos, in San Antonio de Pintoyacu, Atalaya, and Saboya.
	17th	2013	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)			Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig	Dallas, Texas: SIL International		http://www.ethnologue.com Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		230	35	2002 (speaker number), 2007 (ethnic population)	10-99	1 monolingual	Spanish	Negative	Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	Decreasing. Older adults.			Peru	Loreto Region, Pintoyacu, Nanay, and Chambira rivers; San Antonia and Atalaya.
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			35		10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Iquito

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

12-15

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

35

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

22-26

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

35

Critically endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Discussion

Iquito

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

12-15

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

35

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

22-26

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

35

Critically endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Discussion

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