Cabiyari language
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Cabiyari Cabiyarí |
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Spoken in: | Colombia, Venezuela | |
Total speakers: | 50 (dated) (1976) | |
Language family: | American Arawakan Maipuran Northern Maipuran Inland Cabiyari |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | cbb | |
ISO 639-3: | cbb | |
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. |
The Cabiyarí language is a nearly extinct[1] language spoken by a few dozen native people along the Cananarí River in the Vaupes Region of Colombia in north western South America.[2] It was spoken by 50 people in 1976.[2] It is also known as Cabiuarí, Cauyarí, Kauyarí, Cuyare, Kawillary.[2]
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- ^ Ethnologue, report for Colombia
- ^ a b c Ethnologue, report for Cabiyari