Achagua language

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Achagua
Spoken in: Colombia
Total speakers: 400 (1994)
Language family: American
 Arawakan
  Maipuran
   Norther Maipuran
    Inland
     Achagua
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: aca
ISO 639-3: aca

Achagua is a language spoken in the Meta Department of Colombia, similar to Piapoco. It is estimated that 400 individuals speak the language, most or all of whom are trilingual in Piapoco and Spanish.[1]

There is 1 to 5% literacy in Achagua.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Ethnologue

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