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