Abstract: The Añun language (also known as "Parauhano") is still spoken by a few aged individuals, all speaking Spanish in everyday activities and living in lake-dwellings between Maracaibo and the Venezuelan border with Colombia. The territory of the Añun people, disputed ever since the first contacts with the Europeans, has progressively shrunk with the increasing importance of the oil industry. Their linguistic situation, reflected in their oral narratives, takes us back to the power relations experienced by the speakers. Besides providing the commu...
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