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Name: Leco
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Leka; Lapalapa; Chuncho Aleniano; Leko; Rik'a; Ateniano
Spoken in: Bolivia
Number of speakers: 20 (2001 S. van de Kerke). Ethnic population: 80 (Adelaar 2000) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 20 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 20 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: lec
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Isolates & Small Families
Parent Subgroup: South American Isolates; South American Language Isolate (saso)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Critically endangered
Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct
Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered

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