2021
DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.12414
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Abstract: The northern half of the Andes—from Venezuela to Northern Peru—has seen dramatic losses of language diversity since the 16th century. Even so, the region's linguistic fabric is complex and multifaceted, and the impression of relatively low levels of diversity vis‐à‐vis Amazonia is to a perhaps considerable extent the result of different post‐conquest trajectories rather than a reflection of pre‐existing differences. As in Amazonia, branches of widespread families—Chibchan, Quechuan, but also far western outlie… Show more

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“…It originally boasted, according to some estimates, as many as 1000 individual languages and more than 100 independent linguistic lineages (Campbell, 1997;Kaufman, 1990). Many of these languages, and with them the knowledge regarding the physical environment of its speakers, have become dormant already (Harrison, 2007), but a multitude of local languages is still spoken, some severely endangered (Crevels, 2012;Urban, 2021).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It originally boasted, according to some estimates, as many as 1000 individual languages and more than 100 independent linguistic lineages (Campbell, 1997;Kaufman, 1990). Many of these languages, and with them the knowledge regarding the physical environment of its speakers, have become dormant already (Harrison, 2007), but a multitude of local languages is still spoken, some severely endangered (Crevels, 2012;Urban, 2021).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%