Endangered Languages Project - Enlhet Norte

Enlhet Norte

^{[aka Lengua, Enxet, Vowak]}

Classification: Enlhet-Enenlhet (Mascoyan)

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lengua, Enxet, Vowak, Pwak, Lengua Norte
CLASSIFICATION		Enlhet-Enenlhet (Mascoyan)
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		enl
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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Information from: “Temporal Predicative Particles in Sanapaná and the Enlhet-Enenlhet Language Family (Paraguay): Descriptive and Comparative Study” . Van Gysel, Jens L. (2017)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7500
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
8100
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Enlhet Norte, with 96% of the ethnic population of 8100 still speaking the language, coming down to over 7500 native speakers."

DATE OF INFO: 2012

MORE ON VITALITY

"Enlhet Norte, with 96% of the ethnic population of 8100 still speaking the language, coming down to over 7500 native speakers."

PLACES: Paraguay

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2007

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Also use Nivaclé [cag], Paraguayan Guaraní [gug], Spanish [spa]. Used as L2 by Sanapaná [spn].

PLACES: Paraguay;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Boquerón Department, Filadelfia; Presidente Hayes Department, Paratodo and north.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,705
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6440
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
7220

DATE OF INFO: 2002 (census)

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Used as L2 by Sanapaná [spn].

PLACES: Paraguay

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Alto Paraguay department; Boquerón department: Filadelfia; Presidente Hayes department: Paratodo and north.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,982
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
7,221

DATE OF INFO: 2002

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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