Itonama language
Moribund language of Bolivia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Itonama is a moribund or extinct language isolate once spoken by the Itonama people in the Amazonian lowlands of north-eastern Bolivia. It was spoken on the Itonomas River and Lake[2] in Beni Department.
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Itonama | |
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sihni pandara | |
Native to | Bolivia |
Region | Beni Department |
Ethnicity | 2,900 (2006)[1] |
Native speakers | 1 (2012)[1] |
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Official status | |
Official language in | Bolivia |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ito |
Glottolog | iton1250 |
ELP | Itonama |
Itonama is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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In Magdalena town on the western bank of the Itonama River (a tributary of the Iténez River), located in Iténez Province, only a few elderly people remember a few words and phrases.[3]: 483