Cuiba language
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Cuiba | ||
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Spoken in: | Colombia, Venezuela | |
Region: | Meta Casanare and Capanapara rivers (Colombia)
Apure Division (Venezuela) |
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Total speakers: | 2,343 in Colombia (1993 census), 650 in Venezuela (1995 SIL) | |
Language family: | Guahiban Cuiba |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | ||
ISO 639-3: | cui | |
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. |
Cuiba is a Guahiban language that is spoken by about 2300 people in Colombia and additional 650 in Venezuela. More than half of Cuiba speakers are monoglot, and in Colombia there is a 45% literacy rate.