Argentina-Mocovi Language Spoken:
- Santa Fe Province
- Chaco Province
- 12,100 Ethnic Population
- 3,000 Monolinguals
- Language status - 7 (Shifting)- definition based from Ethnologue - Shifting is when the child bearing generation uses the language with each other and not being used with next the generation. ExpandedGraded Intergenerational Disruption Scale status was developed by Lewis and Simons, 2010 to rate languages of the world endangered stages.
- Total Population of Santa Fe and Chaco: 4,254,202
- Total Area in Square Miles of Santa Fe and Chaco: 89,823
- Note: Less than half of 1% of these two provinces combine are ethnic speakers of Mocovi. It actuates to precisely 0.354%
Mocoví
[moc] Southeastern Chaco, north central Santa Fe provinces. 3,000 (2011 E. Zugasti). A few elderly monolinguals. Ethnic population: 12,100 (2004 INDEC). Status: 7 (Shifting). Alternate Names: Mbocobí, Mocobí Classification: Guaykuruan, Southern Comments: Christian.
Resource: http://www.ethnologue.com/language/moc
[moc] Southeastern Chaco, north central Santa Fe provinces. 3,000 (2011 E. Zugasti). A few elderly monolinguals. Ethnic population: 12,100 (2004 INDEC). Status: 7 (Shifting). Alternate Names: Mbocobí, Mocobí Classification: Guaykuruan, Southern Comments: Christian.
Resource: http://www.ethnologue.com/language/moc