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Nivaclé language

Nivaclé (ISO 639-3 code cag) is a language of the Mataguayan family spoken in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. It has about 8,800 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as threatened.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codecag
Glottocodeniva1238
FamilyMataguayan
AreaSouth America
CountriesArgentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
Speakers (estimate)8,800
EndangermentThreatened (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Related languages

Other Mataguayan languages, nearest first.

More about Nivaclé

Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.