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These languages are spoken in South America: in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.<\/p>\n
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Between 3,300 and 3,900 speakers according to the figures provided by Silvana & Valteir Martins (SVM, 1999).<\/p>\n
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The figures provided by the UNESCO are too fragmented to be included in a global evaluation.<\/p>\n
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The Mak\u00fa language family counts 7 active languages at this point.<\/p>\n
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Middle Rio Negro branch<\/span><\/p>\n \n Nad\u00ebb-Kuyawi<\/p>\n \n Nad\u00ebb<\/strong>: 350 speakers according to the UNESCO, 400 according to SVM<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Kuyawi<\/strong>: 20 speakers according to SVM<\/p>\n \n Upper Rio Negro branch<\/span><\/p>\n \n Daw<\/strong>: 120 speakers according to the UNESCO, 83 according to SVM<\/p>\n \n Hupda-Yuhup<\/p>\n \n Hupda<\/strong>: 3,400 speakers according to the UNESCO, 1,900 according to SVM<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Yuhup<\/strong>: 1,200 speakers according to the UNESCO, 400 according to SVM<\/p>\n \n Kakua-Kukak<\/p>\n \n Kakua <\/strong>(alternative name: Nukak): 220 speakers according to SVM<\/p>\n \n Kukak<\/strong>: 300 to 600 speakers according to SVM<\/p>\n \n \n \n We hereby follow the classification established by Silvana & Valteir Martins (SVM, 1999).<\/p>\n \n The Mak\u00fa language family and the Mak\u00fa language are not to be confused. The Mak\u00fa language is an isolate spoken around the boarder between Brazil and Venezuela, and there is absolutely no evidence supporting a linguistic relation between the Mak\u00fa language and the language family of the same name.<\/p>\n \n Hypothetical associations of the Mak\u00fa languages with the Puinave and Mak\u00fa isolates have been suggested, but they remain hypothetical at this point.<\/p>\n \n NB. The term Mak\u00fa can be regarded as negative, although it is broadly used within the linguistics community: it may derive from the term standing for \u201cslave\u201d in some Tupis languages.<\/p>\n \n \n Yes, most of the Mak\u00fa languages are considered as \u201cendangered\u201d by the UNESCO (level 2 on a scale of 5).<\/p>\n \n The two Hupda-Yuhup languages are regarded as the most active in this family, yet the figures provided by the UNESCO appear rather optimistic compared to those provided by SVM.<\/p>\n \n With only around 20 speakers (according to SVM), Kuyawi can undoubtedly be considered as critically threatened.<\/p>\n \n \n Martins Silvana & Valteir (1999) \u00ab Mak\u00fa \u00bb in R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y.Aikhenvald, (eds) The Amazonian languages, Cambridge University Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Where are the Mak\u00fa languages spoken? These languages are spoken in South America: in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. Total number of speakers (estimates) Between 3,300 and 3,900 speakers according to the figures provided by Silvana & Valteir Martins (SVM, 1999). The figures provided by the UNESCO are too fragmented to be included in a global […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5462","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nNotes on the Mak\u00fa languages classification<\/h5>\n
Are the Mak\u00fa languages endangered?<\/h5>\n
Sources<\/h5>\n