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Carijona language

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Carijona
Hianacoto
Tsahá
Native toColombia
Ethnicity290 Carijona (2007)[1]
Native speakers
6 near La Pedrera and "a few more" near Miraflores (2007)[1]
Cariban
  • Guianan Carib
    • Taranoan
      • Carijona
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. ^ a b Carijona at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)