Iñapari
Encyclopedia
Iñapari is a critically endangered indigenous South American language spoken by just two hundred people in Perú
along the Las Piedras river near the mouth of the Sabaluyoq river. The language is already extinct in neighboring Bolivia
. All forty remaining speakers are bilingual in Spanish
and none have any children, which will likely lead to its extinction once the speakers die. The Iñapari language currently has a published dictionary.
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
along the Las Piedras river near the mouth of the Sabaluyoq river. The language is already extinct in neighboring Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
. All forty remaining speakers are bilingual in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and none have any children, which will likely lead to its extinction once the speakers die. The Iñapari language currently has a published dictionary.