The IteneLanguage is a GuaporeLanguage of Bolivia. SIL code: ITE. ISO 639-2: sai. Population: (100 in ethnic group in 1959). Region: North central Beni Department at junction of Mamore and Itenez rivers. Alternate names: ITENEO, ITENEZ, MORE. Dialects: ITOREAUHIP. Comments: Children were not speaking Itene and only some of the older people were actively using it 30 years ago. They speak Spanish. Related languages: Chapacura, Quitemoca, Cujuna, Cumana, Mataua, Uanham, Urunumacan, probably all extinct. Extinct.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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