Toba

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A language of Argentina

Chaco province: Bermejito, Castelli, Fontana, La Leonesa, Las Palmas, Miraflores, Pampa del Indio, Pcia, Resistencia, Roca, Saenz Peña, San Martín, Tres Isletas; Corrientes province; Formosa province: El Colorado, Misión Laishí, San Carlos; Santa Fe province: Rosario.

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Bolivia

Language NameToba

User Population

No known L1 speakers in Bolivia. The Toba speakers were pushed out of Bolivia to neighboring countries by 1936 (Crevels 2007).

Location

Tarija department: Pilmacayo river, between Villa Montes and Paraguay border.

Alternate Names

Namqom, Qom, Qom l’aqtac, Qoml’ek

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Language Use

Shifted to Spanish [spa].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Different from Pilagá [plg] of Argentina or Toba [tmf] of Paraguay (Toba-Maskoy).

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Paraguay

Language NameToba Qom

User Population

1,180 in Paraguay (Crevels 2012). Ethnic population: 1,500 (Crevels 2012).

Location

San Pedro department: Boquerón-Arasapety and Urukuy-Las Palmas; Presidente Hayes department: Cerrito-Cerriteño, Cerrito-Río Verde, Cerrito-Rosarino, Naiñec, and San José.

Alternate Names

Emok-Lik, Namqom, Qom, Qom l’aqtac, Qom-Lik, Qoml’ek, Takshika

Language Status

6b* (Threatened). Recognized language (2010, Languages Act, No. 4251, Article 2).

Other Comments

Different from Toba-Maskoy [tmf] and Toba-Pilagá [plg].

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