No known L1 speakers.
Chiquitanía region, Ñuflo de Suarez Department, Concepción de Chiquitos, Santa Rita de Chiquitos (near Concepción).
9 (Dormant).
Similar to Baure [brg] and Trinitario [trn].
The Paunaka are now culturally part of the Chiquitano, but they still consider themselves as a separate group within the Chiquitano complex, and the language is completely unrelated to Chiquitano.
The Paunaka are now culturally part of the Chiquitano, but they still consider themselves as a separate group within the Chiquitano complex, and the language is completely unrelated to Chiquitano.