Cavineña

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Cavineña
Spoken in: Bolivia
Total speakers: 1,180
Language family: Tacanan
 Araona-Tacana
  Cavinena-Tacana
   Cavinena
    Cavineña
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: cav

Cavineña is an indigenous language spoken by over 1,000 Cavineño people. The language is being cultivated with many schools including a high school taught in Cavinenño which gives the language prospects for survival, many children are bilingual with Spanish. There are 15 teachers are 135 students, spoken along the Beni river in the northwest.



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