Endangered Languages Project - Paez

Paez

^{[aka Páez, Nasa Yuwe, Pez]}

Classification: Isolate

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Páez, Nasa Yuwe, Pez, Paes, Páes
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, South American
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pbb
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Pitayo Paniquita
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		The autonym is Nasa Yuwe (nasa 'language'), which is being used more frequently. There is no consensus on the classification of Paez. Customarily it has been placed in Paezan language family with Paniquitá (Colombia, a dialect of Paez?) and extinct Panzaleo (Latacunga, Quito) (Ecuador). However, the very scarce data on Panzaleo are not sufficient to support classifying it with Paez (Adelaar and Muysken 2004:619). Today most consider Paez a language isolate.

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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

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
138,501

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Colombia

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
77,400
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
138,501
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
77,400 (2000 SIL), increasing. 35,700 to 41,650 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 138,501.

DATE OF INFO: 2000

MORE ON VITALITY

increasing

PLACES: Colombia;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
118,845

PLACES: Colombia

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
119,000

DATE OF INFO: 2007

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Colombia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Cauca, Huila, and Tolima departments: Popayán area, central Andes range.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75,000
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

2.66666666667,-76.0

COORDINATES

2.8237,-76.3117

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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