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On the Brink of Extinction: There Are Nine Languages with Less than 20 Speakers

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La Paz, Sept. 14, 2025 (ATB Digital).- According to data from the Population and Housing Census 2024, there are nine languages in Bolivia that have less than twenty native speakers and are on the verge of extinction. These languages are Baure, Canichana, Cayubaba, Guarasu’we, Itonama, Joaquiniano, Machajuyay-Kallawaya, Machineri and Moré. The census question was direct: “In what language did you learn to speak?”, that is, mother tongue. The phot…
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La Paz, Sept. 14, 2025 (ATB Digital).- According to data from the Population and Housing Census 2024, there are nine languages in Bolivia that have less than twenty native speakers and are on the verge of extinction. These languages are Baure, Canichana, Cayubaba, Guarasu’we, Itonama, Joaquiniano, Machajuyay-Kallawaya, Machineri and Moré. The census question was direct: “In what language did you learn to speak?”, that is, mother tongue. The phot…

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ATB Digital broke the news in on Sunday, September 14, 2025.
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