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(Redirected from Hianakoto-Umawa language) Endangered Cariban language spoken in Colombia
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Carijona
Hianacoto
Tsahá
Native toColombia
Ethnicity290 Carijona (2007)
Native speakers6 near La Pedrera and "a few more" near Miraflores (2007)
Language familyCariban
Dialects
  • Hianacoto
  • Karihona
Language codes
ISO 639-3cbd
Glottologcari1279
ELPCarijona

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. ^ Carijona at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Further reading

Languages of Colombia
Official languages
Indigenous
languages
Arawakan
Barbacoan
Bora–Witoto
Chibchan
Chocoan
Guajiboan
Tucanoan
Other
Creoles/Other
Sign languages
Cariban languages
Parukotoan
Pekodian
Venezuelan Carib
Pemóng–Panare
Mapoyo–Tamanaku
Guianan Carib
Taranoan
Unclassified
Paravilyana–Sapará
Italics indicate extinct languages


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