Also Known As:
Guaná, Kaskiha, Kaskihá, Cashquiha, Kashika, Kashiha, Vana peema
Dialects & Varieties
Los pueblos del Gran Chaco y sus lenguas, primera parte: Los enlhet-enenlhet del Chaco Paraguayo
Alain Fabre. 2005. "Los Pueblos Del Gran Chaco Y Sus Lenguas, Primera Parte: Los Enlhet-enenlhet Del Chaco Paraguayo." In Diccionario Etnolingüìstico y Güía Bibliográfica de los Pueblos Indígenas Sudamericanos, Online: http://www.ling.fi/Entradas%%20diccionario/Dic=EnlhetEnenlhet.pdf.
Critically Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
19
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 4
Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.
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Speakers
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
242
Year information was gathered
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Location and Context
Countries
Paraguay
Location Description
Depto. de Concepción; Ángulo sudeste del depto. Alto Paraguay, distrito La Victoria; Ángulo noroeste del depto. Pte. Hayes, distrito del mismo nombre;
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Guaraní paraguayo, Spanish
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
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