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ALSO KNOWN AS		Paumari, Pammarí, Curucuru, Purupurú, Pamarí, Palmarí, Pamari, Kurukuru, Purupuru
CLASSIFICATION		Arawan
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pad
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Kurukuru (Curucuru) Paumarí (Paumarn) Uaiai
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Information from: “Gender, noun class and language obsolescence: The case of Paumar” (235-252 ch. Gender, noun class and language obsolescence: The case of Paumarí) . Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. (2010) , Eithne B. Carlin and Simon van de Kerke · Brill, Leiden

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
600
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The number of people who identify themselves as Paumarí is comparatively high (around 600 people), but the number of actual speakers is on the decline … not more than 200 people speak the language. All children speak Portuguese as their first language. People in their forties and younger are more comfortable in Portuguese than Paumarí. And if they use Paumarí at all, they tend to simplify the linguistic structures. (p.236)

DATE OF INFO: 2004

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Brazil

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: traditionally spoken in several communities along the Purús, Ituxí, and Tapaua rivers.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~290
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
870
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Today only the older peoples still speak Paumary, while the younger ones speak either Portuguese or a mixture of Portuguese and Paumary

DATE OF INFO: 2000 for speaker number, 2006 for population

PLACES: Brazil

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Amazonas State, Middle Purus Basin with its tributaries Ituxi, Sepatini and Tapaua, on six Indigenous Lands.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
290
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
892

DATE OF INFO: Speaker numbers (2000), ethnic population (2006)

PLACES: Brazil

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
700
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
290
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
290 (unchanged, 2016)
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
870

DATE OF INFO: 2007

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Elderly only.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Portuguese

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin

PLACES: Brazil;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: In Amazonas state, on the Purus River, in 3 villages.

		2010	Gender, noun class and language obsolescence: The case of Paumar	Linguistics and Archaeology in the Americas: The Historization of Language and Society	235-252	Eithne B. Carlin and Simon van de Kerke	Brill, Leiden		Gender, noun class and language obsolescence: The case of Paumarí		Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.	Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. 2010. Gender, noun class and language obsolescence: The case of Paumarí. Linguistics and Archaeology in the Americas: The Historization of Language and Society, ed. by Eithne B. Carlin and Simon van de Kerke, 235-252. Leiden: Brill.		600	200	2004	100-999	The number of people who identify themselves as Paumarí is comparatively high (around 600 people), but the number of actual speakers is on the decline … not more than 200 people speak the language. All children speak Portuguese as their first language. People in their forties and younger are more comfortable in Portuguese than Paumarí. And if they use Paumarí at all, they tend to simplify the linguistic structures. (p.236)	Portuguese	Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13		traditionally spoken in several communities along the Purús, Ituxí, and Tapaua rivers.	Brazil
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.														-6.0,-64.0
	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		290		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						-5.8947,-64.5996
		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	870	~290	2000 for speaker number, 2006 for population	100-999	Today only the older peoples still speak Paumary, while the younger ones speak either Portuguese or a mixture of Portuguese and Paumary		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Brazil	Amazonas State, Middle Purus Basin with its tributaries Ituxi, Sepatini and Tapaua, on six Indigenous Lands.
	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.		870	290 (unchanged, 2016)	2007	100-999		Portuguese	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Elderly only.	In Amazonas state, on the Purus River, in 3 villages.	Brazil;
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			700		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		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.		892	290	Speaker numbers (2000), ethnic population (2006)	100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Brazil

Paumarí

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~290

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

290

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

700

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

290

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

290 (unchanged, 2016)

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Paumarí

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~290

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

290

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

700

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

290

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

290 (unchanged, 2016)

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