Bolivia
Population total: 6,730,000 (1990 WA)
Languages
ARAONA (Tacana):
68 or more (1989 SIL) lugar: N- LaPaz
AYMARA, (Quechumaran)
CENTRAL: 1,785,000 in Bolivia (1987), 23.7% of the population; 300,000 to 500,000 in Peru
(1990); 2,000,000 to 2,500,000 total (SIL)
AYOREO (Zamuco):
1,000 to 1,500 in Bolivia; 3,000 in Paraguay (1991); 4,000 to 4,500 total (SIL)
lugar: Sta.Cruz
BAURE (Arawak):
Few speakers; more than 300 in ethnic group (SIL) lugar: E- Beni
- N- Sta.Cruz
CALLAWALLA: (SIL)
CANICHANA: 25 (1958) lugar:
Beni
CAVINEÑA (Tacana):1,000
(1981 SIL) lugar: Beni
CAYUBABA: 25 (1959 SIL) lugar:
Beni
CHACOBO (Pano):
250 (1976 SIL) lugar: Beni
CHALUPI (Mataco) (Chulupi): 500-2000
(Riester 75) lugar: Alto Pilcomayo- Tarija
CHANE (Arawak)
: app. 20 (Riester 75) lugar: SO- Sta.Cruz
CHIMANE (Moseten): 700-5000
(Riester 75) lugar: O-Beni
CHIPAYA: 1,000 (1983 SIL)
CHIQUITANO (Churapa, Paunaca, Napeca,
Kitemoca, Moncoca): 20,000 (1981 SIL) lugar: E- Rio Grande
CHIRIGUANO (Guaraní)
(Ava- e Izozeño): 15,000 in Bolivia; 15,000 in Argentina; 2,000 in
Paraguay (1991); 32,000 total (SIL) SE-Tarija
CHOROTE, IYOWUJWA: No more than a couple of
families in Bolivia; 1,500 in Argentina; 500 in Paraguay (1991 SIL);
ESE EJJA (Tacana)
(Chama): 600 to 650 in Bolivia (1976 SIL), 250 to 400 in
Peru (1977 Catholic University, Lima) lugar: Pando
GUARANI, (Guaraní)
BOLIVIAN, WESTERN: 1,000 to 3,000 (1976 SIL)
GUARAYU (Guaraní):
5,000 (1987 SIL) lugar: NO- Sta.Cruz
IGNACIANO (Arawak)
(Mojeños): 4,000 (1982 SIL) lugar: Bosque de Chimanes -Dpt.Beni
ITENE: (100 in ethnic group in 1959)
(SIL)
ITONAMA: (110 in ethnic group in
1969) (SIL) lugar: Beni
JORA (Guaraní):
app. 8 (Riester 75) lugar: Beni
LECO: 50-200 (Riester 75) lugar.
N- LaPaz
MORE (Chapacura):
100-150 (Riester 75) lugar: Beni
MOVIMA: Few speakers, probably 1,000
in ethnic group (1976 SIL) lugar: Bosque de Chimanes -Dpt.Beni
PACAHUARA (Pano)
: Individuals in one family (1986 SIL) lugar: Pando
PAUSERNA (Guaraní)
(Guarasugwä) : app. 30 (Riester 75) lugar:
N- Sta.Cruz
QUECHUA, (Quechumaran)
NORTH BOLIVIAN:116,483 in Bolivia, including 18,452 monolinguals; 65,649 bilinguals in
Spanish; 32,382 trilinguals in Aymara and Spanish (1978 census) (SIL)
QUECHUA (Quechumaran)
: SOUTH BOLIVIAN 2,782,500 in Bolivia, 37.1% of the population (1987); 850,000 in
Argentina; 3,632,500 total (SIL)
REYESANO (Tacana):
There are perhaps 1,000 members of the ethnic group (SIL) lugar:
O-Beni
SARAVECA (SIL)
SHINABO (SIL)
SIRIONO (Guaraní):
500 (SIL) Lugar: El Ibiato - Dpt. Beni
TACANA (Tacana):
3,500 (SIL) lugar: N- LaPaz
TAPIETE (Guaraní):
(SIL) app. 40 (Riester 75) lugar: Alto Pilcomayo
TOBA : 100 possibly in Bolivia;
15,000 to 20,000 in Argentina; 700 in Paraguay (1991 SIL); 15,800 to 20,800 total (SIL)
TOROMONO (Tacana):
(SIL) app.200 (Riester 75) lugar: N-LaPaz
TRINITARIO (Arawak)
(Mojeños): 5,000 (SIL) lugar: Bosque de Chimanes
-Dpt.Beni y Isiboro-Securé- Dpt.Beni
TSIMANE (Chimane) : 5,500
including 500 speakers of Moseten (SIL) lugar: Bosque de Chimanes
-Dpt.Beni y Isiboro-Securé- Dpt.Beni
URU (Penutian) (Uru-Chipaya)
WICHI LHAMTES NOCTEN: 1,427 in
Bolivia (1978 SFM); 100 in Argentina; 1,530 total or more
YAMINAHUA: 150 in Bolivia (1976 SIL);
359 in Brazil (1986 SIL); 700 to 1,100 in Peru (1981 SIL); 1,200 to 1,600 total
YUQUI (Guaraní)
(Siriono): 150 (SIL) app. 50 (Riester 75) lugar:
Dpt. Cochabamba
YURACARE: 2,500
(SIL) lugar: Bosque de Chimanes -Dpt.Beni y Isiboro-Securé- Dpt.Beni
Fuentes:
www.sil.org
Bernard Potter, America Latina en sus lenguas indígenas (UNESCO) 1983, Monte Avila Ed.
Venezuela