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Latest revision as of 03:52, 10 October 2025

Endangered Cariban language spoken in Colombia

Carijona (Karihona) is a moribund Cariban language, or probably a pair of languages, of Colombia. It is spoken by only 15 people as of 2015. Derbyshire (1999) lists the varieties Hianacoto-Umaua and Carijona proper as separate languages.[3]

  1. ^ Carijona language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Derbyshire, Desmond (1999). “Carib”. In Dixon, R. M. W. (ed.). The Amazonian languages. Cambridge language surveys (1. publ ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 23–64. ISBN 978-0-521-57021-3.

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