List of endangered languages in Colombia
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An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native speakers, it becomes an extinct language. UNESCO distinguishes four levels of endangerment in languages, based on intergeneratinal transfer:[1]
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Vulnerable: Most children speak the language, but it may be restricted to certain domains (e.g., home). Definitely endangered: Children no longer learn the language as mother tongue in the home. Severely endangered: Language is spoken by grandparents and older generations; while the parent generation may understand it, they do not speak it to children or among themselves. Critically endangered: The youngest speakers are grandparents and older, and they speak the language partially and infrequently.
| Language | Countries | Speakers | Status | Ethnologue (ISO 639-3) |
Comments | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A'ingae / Cofan language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Severely endangered | con | |||
| Achagua language[1] | Colombia | Severely endangered | aca | |||
| Andoke language[1] | Colombia | Severely endangered | ano | |||
| Aruaco language[1] | Colombia | Vulnerable | arh | |||
| Awa Cuaiquer language[1] | Colombia | Critically endangered | kwi | |||
| Bara language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Critically endangered | pok bao |
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| Barasana language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Critically endangered | bsn | |||
| Barí language[1] | Colombia | Vulnerable | mot | |||
| Bora language[1] | Colombia, Peru | Vulnerable | boa | |||
| Cabiyarí language[1] | Colombia | Critically endangered | cbb | |||
| Cacua language[1] | Colombia | Severely endangered | cbv | |||
| Camsá language[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | kbh | |||
| Carapana language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | cbc | |||
| Carijona language[1] | Colombia | Critically endangered | cbd | |||
| Chimila language[1] | Colombia | Severely endangered | cbg | |||
| Cubeo language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Vulnerable | cub | |||
| Cuiba language[1] | Colombia, Venezuela | Severely endangered | cui | |||
| Damana language[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | mbp | |||
| Desano language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | des | |||
| Embera language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Vulnerable | emp cmi cto sja bdc tdc crf |
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| Guajiro language[1] | Colombia, Venezuela | Vulnerable | guc | |||
| Guambiano language[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | gum | |||
| Guayabero language[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | guo | |||
| Huitoto language (Colombia, Peru)[1] | Colombia, Peru | Definitely endangered | hto huu hux |
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| Hupda language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | jup | |||
| Inga language[1] | Colombia | Severely endangered | inb inj |
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| Jitnu language[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | mbn | |||
| Kogui language[1] | Colombia | Vulnerable | kog | |||
| Koreguaje language[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | coe | |||
| Kuna language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Severely endangered | kvn cuk |
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| Kurripako language (Colombia, Venezuela)[1] | Colombia, Venezuela | Definitely endangered | kpc | |||
| Macuna language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | myy | |||
| Miraña language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Severely endangered | boa | |||
| Muinane language[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | bmr | |||
| Nonuya language[1] | Colombia | Critically endangered | none | |||
| Nukak language[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | mbr | |||
| Ocaina language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Severely endangered | oca | |||
| Páez language[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | pbb | |||
| Palenque Creole language[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | pln | |||
| Piapoko language[1] | Colombia, Venezuela | Definitely endangered | pio | |||
| Piaroa language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | pid | |||
| Piratapuya language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Critically endangered | pir | |||
| Pisamira language[1] | Colombia | Critically endangered | tuo | |||
| Puinave language[1] | Colombia, Venezuela | Definitely endangered | pui | |||
| Romani language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Vulnerable | none | |||
| Sáliba language[1] | Colombia, Venezuela | Severely endangered | slc | |||
| San Andres Creole language[1] | Colombia | Vulnerable | icr | |||
| Sikuani language[1] | Colombia, Venezuela | Vulnerable | guh gob |
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| Siona / Secoya language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Critically endangered | sey snn |
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| Siriano language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | sri | |||
| Tanimuca-Letuama language[1] | Colombia | Severely endangered | tnc | |||
| Tariana language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Critically endangered | tae | |||
| Tatuyo language[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | tav | |||
| Tinigua language[1] | Colombia | Critically endangered | tit | |||
| Totoró language[1] | Colombia | Critically endangered | ttk | |||
| Tucano language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Vulnerable | tuo | |||
| Tunebo language[1] | Colombia, Venezuela | Definitely endangered | tnd tbn tuf tnb |
U'wa language (Angosturas Tunebo, etc.) | ||
| Tuyuca language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | tue | |||
| Wanano / Kotiria language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | gvc | |||
| Waunana language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Vulnerable | noa | |||
| Yucuna language[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | ycn | |||
| Yuhup language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | yab | |||
| Yurutí language (Colombia)[1] | Colombia | Definitely endangered | yui |
References [edit]
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