Yauna language

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Yauna
Native to Colombia
Ethnicity110 (2018) [1]
Extinct Early 1900s [1]
Tucanoan
  • (unclassified)
    • Yauna
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ynu
Glottolog yahu1241
ELP Yahuna

Yauna (Yahuna) is an extinct Tucanoan language of Colombia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Yauna at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg