Editing Language isolate (section)

===South America===
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! Language
! data-sort-type=number | Speakers
! Status
! Countries
! Comments
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| [[Aikanã language|Aikanã]]
|150
| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="3" | Endangered
| [[Brazil]]
| Spoken in the [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon]] of eastern [[Rondônia]]. Links to [[Kanoê language|Kanoê]] and [[Kwaza language|Kwaza]] have been tentatively proposed.<ref name="Voort, Hein 2005">Van der Voort, Hein. 2005. Kwaza in a comparative perspective. ''International Journal of American Linguistics'' 71: 365–412.</ref> [[Arawakan languages|Arawakan]] has been suggested.{{Citation needed|reason=Arawakan not mentioned in main article|date=January 2021}}
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| [[Andoque language|Andoque]]
|370
|[[Colombia]], [[Peru]]
| Spoken on the upper reaches of the [[Japurá River]]. Extinct in Peru. Possibly [[Witotoan languages|Witotoan]].<ref name=":0">{{cite encyclopedia|title=South America|encyclopedia=Atlas of the World's Languages|year=2007|publisher=Routledge|location=London}}</ref>
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| [[Betoi language|Betoi]]
|  style="text-align:center; text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Extinct
|[[Venezuela]]
| Spoken in the [[Apure River]] basin near the Colombian border until the 18th century. [[Paezan languages|Paezan]] has been suggested.<ref name=":0" />
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| [[Candoshi-Shapra language|Candoshi-Shapra]]
|1,120
| data-sort-value="3" | Endangered
| [[Peru]]
| Spoken along the Chapuli, Huitoyacu, Pastaza, and Morona river valleys in southwestern [[Department of Loreto|Loreto]]. Has been linked to various language families, but no agreement exists on its classification.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fabre |first1=Alain |title=Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos. CANDOSHI |url=http://www.ling.fi/Entradas%20diccionario/Dic=Candoshi.pdf |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
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| [[Canichana language|Canichana]]
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" |Extinct
| rowspan="4" | [[Bolivia]]
| Spoken in the [[Llanos de Moxos]] region of [[Beni Department]] until around 2000. Connections with various language families have been proposed, none widely accepted.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crevils |first1=Mily |title=Tomo II: Amazonia – Canichana |url=https://www.ru.nl/cls/our-research/completed-research-projects/completed-projects/lenguas-de-bolivia-es/lenguas-de-bolivia/tomo-ii-amazonia/ |website=Lenguas de Bolivia |publisher=Centre for Language Studies-Radboud University |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
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| [[Cayuvava language|Cayuvava]]
|12
| data-sort-value=4 | Moribund
| Spoken in the [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon]] west of [[Mamore River]], north of [[Santa Ana del Yacuma]] in the [[Beni Department]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crevils |first1=Mily |title=Tomo II: Amazonia – Cayubaba |url=https://www.ru.nl/cls/our-research/completed-research-projects/completed-projects/lenguas-de-bolivia-es/lenguas-de-bolivia/tomo-ii-amazonia/ |website=Lenguas de Bolivia |publisher=Centre for Language Studies-Radboud University |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
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|[[Chimane language|Chimane]]
|5,300
| data-sort-value=2 |Vulnerable
|Spoken along the Beni river in [[Beni Department]]. Also spelled Tsimané. Sometimes split into multiple languages in a Moséten family. Linked to the [[Chonan languages]] in a [[Moseten–Chonan languages|Moseten-Chonan]] hypothesis.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sakel |first1=Jeanette |title=Tomo I: Ámbito andino – Mosetén y Chimane (Tsimane') |url=https://www.ru.nl/cls/our-research/completed-research-projects/completed-projects/lenguas-de-bolivia-es/lenguas-de-bolivia/tomo-ambito-andino/|website=Lenguas de Bolivia |publisher=Centre for Language Studies-Radboud University |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
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|[[Chipaya language|Chipaya]]
|1,800
| data-sort-value=1 |Vibrant
|Spoken in the southern area of [[Lake Titicaca]] along the [[Desaguadero River (Bolivia and Peru)|Desaguadero River]] in the mountains of [[Bolivia]] and mainly in the town of [[Chipaya (village)|Chipaya]] located in the [[Sabaya Province]] of the Bolivian department of [[Oruro Department|Oruro]]. The only surviving member of the [[Uru–Chipaya languages|Uru–Chipaya]] language family. Language isolate since 2012 after the [[Uru language]] went extinct.
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|[[Chiquitano language|Chiquitano]]
|2,400
| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="3" |Endangered
| [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]]
|Spoken in the eastern part of Santa Cruz department and the southwestern part of [[Mato Grosso]] state. Has been linked to the [[Macro-Jê languages|Macro-Jê]] family.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Galeote |first1=Jesús |title=Tomo III: Oriente – Chiquitano |url=https://www.ru.nl/cls/our-research/completed-research-projects/completed-projects/lenguas-de-bolivia-es/lenguas-de-bolivia/tomo-iii-oriente/|website=Lenguas de Bolivia |publisher=Centre for Language Studies-Radboud University |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Adelaar |first1=Willem |editor1-last=elles de Araujo Pereira Lima |editor1-first=S.V |editor2-last=Santos de Paula |editor2-first=A |title=Topicalizando Macro-Jê |date=2008 |publisher=Nectar |pages=9–28 |chapter=Chapter 1: Relações externas do Macro-Jê: O caso do chiquitano}}</ref>
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| [[Cofán language|Cofán]]
|1,500
| [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]]
| Spoken in northern [[Sucumbíos Province]] and southern [[Putumayo Department]]. Also called A'ingae.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cofan |url=http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/1043 |website=Endangered Languages Project |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref> Sometimes classified as [[Chibchan languages|Chibchan]], but the similarities appear to be due to borrowings. Seriously endangered in Colombia.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stark |first1=Louisa |editor1-last=Manells Klein |editor1-first=Harriet |editor2-last=Stark |editor2-first=Louisa |title=South American Indian Languages: Retrospect and Prospect |date=1985 |publisher=University of Texas Press |page=165 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GxMaDQAAQBAJ&q=Cofan |access-date=21 February 2021 |chapter=Chapter 3: Indigenous Languages of Lowland Ecuador: History and Current Status|isbn=978-0-292-73732-7 }}</ref>
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|[[Fulniô language|Fulniô]]
|1,000
| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="4" |Moribund
| rowspan="3" | [[Brazil]]
|Spoken in the states of [[Paraíba]], [[Pernambuco]], [[Alagoas]], [[Sergipe]], and the northern part of [[Bahia]]. Divided into two dialects, Fulniô and Yatê.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yaté |url=http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/1642 |website=Endangered Languages Project |access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref> Sometimes classified as a [[Macro-Jê languages|Macro-Jê]] language.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crevils |first1=Mily |editor1-last=Campbell |editor1-first=Lyle |editor2-last=Grondona |editor2-first=Veronica |title=Classification of the Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide |date=2012 |publisher=De Gruyter |page=185 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pA-ryJRcG3AC&q=Guat%C3%B3&pg=PA59 |access-date=21 February 2021 |chapter=Chapter III: Language Endangerment in South America:The Clock is Ticking|isbn=978-3-11-025803-5 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Melatti |first1=Julio Cezar |title=Aspectos culturais (não linguísticos) dos povos falantes de línguas do tronco Macro-Jê-Roteiro para discussão no IX Encontro Macro-Jê |url=http://www.juliomelatti.pro.br/notas/n-aspectos-culturais-macro-je.pdf |access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref>
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|[[Guató language|Guató]]
|5
|Spoken in the far south of [[Mato Grosso]] near the Bolivian border. Has been classified as [[Macro-Jê languages|Macro-Jê]], but this is disputed.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=Lyle |editor1-last=Campbell |editor1-first=Lyle |editor2-last=Grondona |editor2-first=Veronica |title=Classification of the Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide |date=2012 |publisher=De Gruyter |page=136 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pA-ryJRcG3AC&q=Guat%C3%B3&pg=PA59 |access-date=21 February 2021 |chapter=Chapter II: Classification of the Indigenous Languages of South America|isbn=978-3-11-025803-5 }}</ref>
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| [[Irantxe language|Irantxe]]
|90
| data-sort-value="3" | Endangered
| Spoken by the Irántxe and Mỹky peoples in the state of [[Mato Grosso]] in [[Brazil]]. Recent descriptions of the language analyze it as a language isolate. According to Arruda (2003), it "bears no similarity with other language families".
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| [[Itonama language|Itonama]]
|1
| data-sort-value="4" | Moribund
| [[Bolivia]]
| Spoken in the far-eastern part of [[Beni Department]]. A relationship to [[Paezan languages|Paezan]] has been suggested.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crevils |first1=Mily |title=Tomo II: Amazonia – Itonama |url=https://www.ru.nl/cls/our-research/completed-research-projects/completed-projects/lenguas-de-bolivia-es/lenguas-de-bolivia/tomo-ii-amazonia/ |website=Lenguas de Bolivia |publisher=Centre for Language Studies-Radboud University |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
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| [[Kamëntšá language|Kamëntšá]]
|4,000
| data-sort-value="3" | Endangered
| [[Colombia]]
| Spoken in [[Sibundoy]] in the [[Putumayo Department]]. Also known as Camsa, Coche, Sibundoy, Kamentxa, Kamse, or Camëntsëá.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
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|[[Kanoê language|Kanoê]]
|3
| data-sort-value=4 rowspan="2" | Moribund
| [[Brazil]]
| Spoken in southeastern [[Rondônia]]. Also known as ''Kapishana''. Tentatively linked to [[Kwaza language|Kwaza]] and [[Aikanã language|Aikanã]].<ref name="Voort, Hein 2005"/> Part of a [[Macro-Paesan languages|Macro-Paesan]] proposal.<ref name="Kaufman, Terrence 1994">Kaufman, Terrence. 1994. The native languages of South America. In: Christopher Moseley and R. E. Asher (eds.), ''Atlas of the World's Languages'', 59–93. London: Routledge.</ref>
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| [[Kawésqar language|Kawésqar]]
|10
| rowspan="2" | [[Chile]]
| Spoken in western [[Patagonia]], [[Wellington Island]] off south Chilean coast, 49° south, with centre in [[Villa Puerto Edén]] located in [[Chile]]. Also known as ''Alacaluf''. The only alive member of the [[Alacalufan languages|Alacalufan language family]] after the other languages went extinct, of which the Kawésqar language is the northern variety.
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| [[Kunza language|Kunza]]
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" |Extinct
| Spoken in areas near [[Salar de Atacama]] until the 1950s. Also known as ''Atacameño''. Part of a [[Macro-Paesan languages|Macro-Paesan]] proposal.<ref name="Kaufman, Terrence 1994"/>
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|[[Kwaza language|Kwaza]]
|25
| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="4" |Moribund
|[[Brazil]]
|Spoken in eastern [[Rondônia]]. Connections have been proposed with [[Aikanã language|Aikanã]] and [[Kanoê language|Kanoê]].<ref name="Voort, Hein 2005"/>
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| [[Leco language|Leco]]
|20
| [[Bolivia]]
| Spoken at the foot of the [[Andes]] in the [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|department of La Paz]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Van der Kerke |first1=Simon |title=Tomo I: Ámbito andino – Leco |url=https://www.ru.nl/cls/our-research/completed-research-projects/completed-projects/lenguas-de-bolivia-es/lenguas-de-bolivia/tomo-ambito-andino/|website=Lenguas de Bolivia |publisher=Centre for Language Studies-Radboud University |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
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| [[Mapuche language|Mapuche]]
|260,000
| data-sort-value=2 | Vulnerable
| [[Chile]], [[Argentina]]
| Spoken in areas of the far-southern Andes and in the [[Chiloé Archipelago]]. Also known as ''Mapudungun'', ''Araucano'' or ''Araucanian''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zúñiga |first1=Fernando |title=Los mapuches y su lengua |date=2006 |publisher=Centro de Estudios Públicos |location=Santiago de Chile |page=402}}</ref> Variously part of [[Andean languages|Andean]],<ref name="Amerind Dictionary" /> [[Macro-Panoan languages|Macro-Panoan]],<ref name="Kaufman, Terrence 1994"/> or [[Mataco–Guaicuru languages|Mataco–Guaicuru]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Viegas Barros |first1=Jose Pedro |title=La hipótesis de parentesco Guaicurú-Mataguayo: estado actual de la cuestión |journal=Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica |date=2013 |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=293–333 |doi=10.26512/rbla.v5i2.16269 |url=https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/handle/11336/28247 |access-date=21 February 2021|doi-access=free |hdl=11336/28247 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> proposals. Sometimes [[Huilliche language|Huilliche]] is treated as a separate language, reclassifying Mapuche into an [[Araucanian languages|Araucanian]] family.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mason |first1=John Alden |editor1-last=steward |editor1-first=Julian |title=Handbook of South American Indians |date=1950 |publisher=Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin |location=Washington D.C. |pages=157–317 |chapter="The Languages of South America"}}</ref>
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| [[Mochica language|Mochica]]
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | Extinct
| [[Peru]]
| Spoken along the northwest coast of [[Peru]] and in an inland village until {{circa|1920}}. Usually considered to be a language isolate,<ref name="Campbell-SAmerica">{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=Lyle |author-link=Lyle Campbell |editor1-last=Grondona |editor1-first=Verónica |editor2-last=Campbell |editor2-first=Lyle |date=2012 |title=The Indigenous Languages of South America |chapter=Classification of the indigenous languages of South America |series=The World of Linguistics |volume=2 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=59–166 |isbn=978-3-11-025513-3}}</ref> but has also been hypothesized as belonging to a wider [[Chimuan languages|Chimuan]] language family.
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| [[Movima language|Movima]]
|1,400
| data-sort-value=2 | Vulnerable
| [[Bolivia]]
| Spoken in the [[Llanos de Moxos]], in the north of [[Beni Department]]. Affiliations with [[Canichana language|Canichana]], [[Chibcha language|Chibcha]] and [[Macro-Tucanoan]] have been proposed, none of these have been proven.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Haude |first1=Katharina |title=Tomo II: Amazonia – Movima |url=https://www.ru.nl/cls/our-research/completed-research-projects/completed-projects/lenguas-de-bolivia-es/lenguas-de-bolivia/tomo-ii-amazonia/ |website=Lenguas de Bolivia |publisher=Centre for Language Studies-Radboud University |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
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|[[Munichi language|Munichi]]
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" |Extinct
| [[Peru]]
|Spoken in the southern part of [[Loreto Region]] until the late 1990s. Possibly evolved either from a [[mixed language]] or a sister language to [[Arawakan languages|Proto-Arawak]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gibson |first1=Michael Luke |title=El Munichi: Un idioma que se extingue |date=2008 |publisher=Instituto Linguistico de Verano |location=Yarinacocha |page=19 |url=http://repositorio.cultura.gob.pe/bitstream/handle/CULTURA/444/El_munichi_un_idioma_que_se_extingue-slp42_myr_.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y |access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref>
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| [[Nasayuwe language|Nasayuwe]]
|60,000
| data-sort-value=2 | Vulnerable
| [[Colombia]]
| Spoken in the northern part of [[Cauca Department]]. Several proposed relationships in the [[Paezan languages|Paezan]] hypothesis but nothing conclusive.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Adelaar |first1=Willem |last2=Muysken |first2=Pieter |title=The Languages of the Andes |date=2004 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |pages=393–397}}</ref> 
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| [[Oti language|Oti]]
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" |Extinct
| rowspan="2" | [[Brazil]]
| Spoken in [[São Paulo]] until the early 1900s. [[Macro-Jê languages|Macro-Jê]] has been suggested.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rodrigues |first1=Aryon |editor1-last=Dixon |editor1-first=R.M.W |title=The Amazonian Languages |date=1999 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |chapter=6: The Amazonian Languages}}</ref>
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| [[Pirahã language|Pirahã]]
|380
| data-sort-value=1 | Vibrant
| Spoken along the [[Maici River]] in [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]], [[Brazil]]. The only living dialect of [[Mura language]].
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| [[Puelche language|Puelche]]
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" |Extinct
| [[Argentina]], [[Chile]]
| Spoken in the Pampas region, last speaker died around 1960.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Viegas Barros |first1=J. Pedro |title=Un nuevo análisis fonológico del Gününa Yajüch |url=http://www.adilq.com.ar/FONOLOGIA%20GUNUNA.pdf |website=ADILQ |publisher=Asociación de Investigadores en Lengua Quechua |access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref> Sometimes linked to [[Het language|Het]], as part of the [[Chonan languages]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Viegas Barros |first1=J. Pedro |title=La familia lingüística tehuelche |journal=Revista Patagónica |date=1992 |volume=54 |issue=13 |pages=39–46}}</ref> Included in a proposed [[Macro-Jibaro languages|Macro-Jibaro]] family.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kaufman |first1=Ternece |editor1-last=Payne |editor1-first=Doris |title=Amazonian Linguistics Studies in Lowland South American Languages |date=1990 |publisher=University of Texas Press |chapter=Language History in South America: What We Know and How to Know More}}</ref>
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| [[Puinave language|Puinave]]
|3,000
| data-sort-value=3 | Endangered
| [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]]
| Spoken in 32 communities along the banks of the [[Inírida River]] in [[Guainía Department]], Colombia and in 10 communities along the [[Orinoco|Orinoco River]], in the Colombia–Venezuela border region. Generally considered to be a language isolate, but sometimes linked to [[Macro-Puinavean languages|Macro-Puinavean language family]] along with other families and lesser attested languages.
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| [[Tequiraca language|Tequiraca]]
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" |Extinct
| [[Peru]]
| Spoken in the central part of [[Department of Loreto|Loreto]] until the 1950s. Also known as [[Auishiri]]. A connection with [[Canichana language|Canichana]] has been proposed.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
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| [[Timote language|Timote]]
|200
| Endangered
| [[Venezuela]]
| Spoken around the city of [[Mérida, Mérida|Mérida]] and south of [[Lake Maracaibo]] in [[Venezuela]]. Last surviving member of the [[Timotean languages|Timotean language family]].
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| [[Tinigua language|Tinigua]]
|1
| data-sort-value=4 rowspan="2" | Moribund
| [[Colombia]]
| Spoken somewhere in [[Colombia]]. The only surviving member of the [[Tiniguan languages|Tiniguan language family]].
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| [[Trumai language|Trumai]]
|51
| [[Brazil]]
| Settled on the upper Xingu River. Currently reside in the [[Xingu National Park]] in the northern part of [[Mato Grosso]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Angelis |first1=Wimar |title="Línguas Indígenas no Brasil: urgência de ações para que sobrevivam." Paper presented at the round table: "A situação atual das línguas indígenas brasileiras", no IX ELESI – Encontro sobre Leitura e Escrita em Sociedades Indígenas (Porto Seguro, BA, 22 a 26 de outubro de 2012). Publicada em: Anari Braz Bomfim & Francisco Vanderlei F. da Costa (orgs), Revitalização de língua indígena e educação escolar indígena inclusiva (Salvador: Egba, 2014, p. 93-117).|url=https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/58350913/Linguas_Indigenas_-_para_que_sobrevivam.pdf?1549532226=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DLinguas_Indigenas_no_Brasil_urgencia_de.pdf&Expires=1614430091&Signature=Pcis05y7U0nTc4oEfbeoIF5iGR3zzkzWpARPSQOnHq2kZfRPoV2RDQcSTscjKcquVKFEq5fB2Ly6DKezbbp8nIygMST3IjG36BaxxDR9W-35oYGwKst5EpcURqAS7Jzx0mO57IWerkAWByK6uu2SO-T7l1NYUu-WdzkhL~Y~tYIjhPk8ovsxIiFw42AMDpbNlEYvVU~Rx7QXDro7~faYRrzVaWSdjhViCIEWaMEXGshLvjKPUIrBIVXjo48O19FiDZIY2P0B0Lu3ajzRkwMPz0LPOn7Nb9qNCAQoKNCHqO1Wgg6-FOHHZjtV0p8yEvHTMJzQFcxHHP01MCh8FLdFyg__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA |access-date=27 February 2021}}{{dead link|date=May 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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| [[Urarina language|Urarina]]
|3,000
| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="2" | Vulnerable
| [[Peru]]
| Spoken in the central part of the [[Loreto Region]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Olawsky |first1=Knut |title=A Grammar of Urarina |date=2006 |publisher=De Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-019020-5 |page=3 |edition=First |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2hIxb1XM1AYC&q=urarina+language&pg=PR15 |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref> Part of the [[Macro-Jibaro languages|Macro-Jibaro]] proposal.<ref>Kaufman, Terrence. (1990). Language history in South America: What we know and how to know more. In D. L. Payne (Ed.), ''Amazonian linguistics: Studies in lowland South American languages'' (pp.&nbsp;13–67). Austin: University of Texas Press. {{ISBN|0-292-70414-3}}.</ref>
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| [[Waorani language|Waorani]]
|2,000
| [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]]
| Also known as Sabela. Spoken between the [[Napo River|Napo]] and [[Curaray River|Curaray]] rivers. Could be spoken by several groups living in isolation.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Colleoni |first1=Paola |last2=Proaño |first2=José |title=CAMINANTES DE LA SELVA | trans-title=JUNGLE WALKERS |date=2010 |publisher=Grupo Internacional de Trabajo sobre Asuntos Indígenas (IWGIA) |location=Quito |page=10 |url=http://sgpwe.izt.uam.mx/files/users/uami/lauv/Caminantes_de_la_Selva_PP_aislados_Venezuela-_Informe_7.pdf |access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref>
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| [[Warao language|Warao]]
|32,800
| data-sort-value=3 | Endangered
| [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]] and [[Venezuela]]
| Spoken in the [[Orinoco Delta]]. Sometimes linked to [[Paezan languages|Paezan]].<ref name="Kaufman, Terrence 1994"/>
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| [[Yagua language|Yagua]]
|5,700
| data-sort-value=1 | Vibrant
| [[Peru]], [[Colombia]]
| Spoken primarily in [[Department of Loreto|Loreto Department]], [[Peru]]. The only surviving member of the [[Peba–Yaguan languages|Peba–Yaguan]] language family.
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| [[Yahgan language|Yahgan]]
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" |Extinct
| [[Chile]]
| Spoken in far-southern [[Tierra del Fuego]] until 2022. Also called Yámana.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vega |first1=Jorge |title=In Chile's remote south, the last speaker of an ancient language fights to keep it alive |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-language-indigenous/in-chiles-remote-south-the-last-speaker-of-an-ancient-language-fights-to-keep-it-alive-idUSKCN1T11YU |publisher=Reuters |access-date=3 June 2019 |date=31 May 2019}}</ref>
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|[[Yaruro language|Yaruro]]
|7,900
| data-sort-value=1 |Vibrant
| [[Venezuela]]
|Spoken along the [[Orinoco]], [[Cinaruco River|Cinaruco]], [[Meta River|Meta]], and [[Apure River|Apure]] rivers. Linked to the extinct [[Esmeralda language]].<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Adelaar| first1 = William F. H. | last2 = Muysken | first2 = Pieter C.| title = The languages of the Andes| publisher = Cambridge University Press| series = Cambridge Language Surveys| date = 2004| pages = 156–161| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UiwaUY6KsY8C&q=Esmeralde%CB%9Cno&pg=PA34| isbn = 978-1-139-45112-3}}</ref>
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| [[Yuracaré language|Yuracaré]]
|2,700
| data-sort-value=3 | Endangered
| [[Bolivia]]
| Spoken in the foothills of the Andes, in [[Cochabamba Department|Cochabamba]] and [[Beni Department|Beni]] Departments. Connections to [[Mosetenan]], [[Pano–Tacanan]], [[Arawakan]], and [[Chonan languages|Chonan]] have been suggested.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Van Gijn |first1=Rik |title=Tomo III: Oriente – Yurakare|url=https://www.ru.nl/cls/our-research/completed-research-projects/completed-projects/lenguas-de-bolivia-es/lenguas-de-bolivia/tomo-iii-oriente/|website=Lenguas de Bolivia |publisher=Centre for Language Studies-Radboud University |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
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