Andoque language

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Andoque
Spoken in: Colombia
Total speakers: 610 (2000)
Language family: American
 language isolate
  Andoque
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: ano
ISO 639-3: ano

The Andoque language is an aboriginal language spoken for a few hundred natives in Northern South America, and is in decline.[1]

In 2000, there were 610 speakers in the area of the Anduche River, downstream from Aracuara, Amazonas, Colombia; 50 were monolinguals. The language is no longer spoken in Peru. 80% of speakers are proficient in Spanish. It is a language isolate.

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  1. ^ Ethnologue