Achawa language
| Achagua | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Colombia |
| Ethnicity | Achagua people |
Native speakers | 250 (2000)[1] |
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Arawakan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
aca – inclusive codeIndividual code: pod – Ponares? |
| Glottolog |
acha1250 (Achawa)[2]pona1251 (Ponares)[3] |
Achagua (Achawa) is a language spoken in the Meta Department of Colombia, similar to Piapoco. It is estimated that 250 individuals speak the language, many of whom also speak Piapoco or Spanish.[1]
"Achagua is a language of the Maipurean Arawakan group traditionally spoken by the Achagua people of Venezuela and east-central Colombia."[4]
A "Ponares" language is inferred from surnames, and may have been Achawa or Piapoco.
There is 1 to 5% literacy in Achagua.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Achagua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Ponares? at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Achawa". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ponares". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Neira, Alonso de. "The Art and Vocabulary of the Achagua Language". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
External links
- Neira, Alonso de. "Arte y bocabulario de la lengua achagua: Doctrina christiana, confessionario de uno y otro sexo e instrucción de cathecumenos". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- Achawa language in the World Atlas of Language Structures Online
- OLAC resources in and about the Achagua language
- Achagua on Native Languages of the Americas
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