Achagua | |
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Achawa | |
Native to | Colombia |
Ethnicity | Achagua people |
Native speakers
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250 (2000) |
Arawakan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
– inclusive codeIndividual code: pod – Ponares? |
Glottolog |
acha1250 (Achawa)pona1251 (Ponares)
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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.
"Achagua is a language of the Maipurean Arawakan group traditionally spoken by the Achagua people of Venezuela and east-central Colombia."
A "Ponares" language is inferred from surnames, and may have been Achawa or Piapoco.
There is 1 to 5% literacy in Achagua.