Carijona language

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Carijona
Hianacoto
Tsahá
Native to Colombia
Ethnicity290 Carijona (2007) [1]
Native speakers
6 near La Pedrera and "a few more" near Miraflores (2007) [1]
Cariban
Dialects
  • Hianacoto
  • Karihona
Language codes
ISO 639-3 cbd
Glottolog cari1279
ELP Carijona
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Lang Status 20-CR.svg
Carijona is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Carijona (Karihona) is a Cariban language, or probably a pair of languages, of Colombia. Derbyshire (1999) lists the varieties Hianacoto-Umaua and Carijona proper as separate languages.

References

  1. 1 2 Carijona at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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