Carijona language

Carijona
Hianacoto
Tsahá
Native to	Colombia
Ethnicity	290 Carijona (2007)^[1]
Native speakers	6 near La Pedrera and "a few more" near Miraflores (2007)^[1]
Language family	Cariban Guianan Carib Taranoan Carijona
Dialects	Hianacoto Karihona
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`cbd`
Glottolog	`cari1279`^[2]

Carijona (Karihona) is a Cariban language, or probably a pair of languages, of Colombia. Derbyshire (1999) lists the varieties Hianacoto-Umaua and Carijona proper as separate languages.

References

1 2 Carijona at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Carijona". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Colombia

Official languages

Spanish

Indigenous
languages

Arawakan	Achawa Cabiyari Piapoco Wayuu Yucuna

Bora–Witoto	Andoque Bora Coconucan Minica Huitoto Muinane Murui Huitoto Ocaina

Chibchan	Arhuaco Barí Chimila Kogi Kuna Uwa Wiwa

Chocoan	Baudo Catio Chami Eperara Northern Embera

Guajiboan	Guahibo Guayabero Macaguán

Tucanoan	Barasana-Eduria Carapana Cubeo Cuiba Desano Koreguaje Macaguaje Macuna Siona Siriano Tanimuca-Retuarã Tatuyo Tuyuca Waimajã Wajiara Wanano Yauna

Other	Awa Pit Carijona Cocama Cofán Inga Kichwa Kakwa Kichwa Nheengatu Nukak Páez Ticuna Yukpa

Creoles/Other

Sign languages

Cariban languages

Parukotoan

Pekodian

Venezuelan Carib

Pemóng–Panare	Kapóng Makushi Panare Pemón

Mapoyo–Tamanaku	Kumaná Mapoyo-Yawarana Tamanaku

Guianan Carib

Taranoan	Akuriyo Karihona Tiriyo

Unclassified

Italics indicate extinct languages

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