Carijona language

Carijona
Carijona
Hianacoto
Tsahá
Native to	Colombia
Ethnicity	290 Carijona (2007)
Native speakers	15 (2015)
Language family	Cariban Guianan Carib Taranoan Carijona; ; ;
Dialects	Hianacoto; Karihona; Umaua; Guaque;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cbd
Glottolog	cari1279
ELP	Carijona
Linguasphere	80-AHA-a
	Carijona is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Carijona (Karihona) is a moribund Cariban language, or a pair of languages, of Colombia. It is spoken by only 15 people as of 2015.^[2] Derbyshire (1999) lists the varieties Hianacoto-Umaua and Carijona proper as separate languages.^[3]

NativetoColombia

Ethnicity290 Carijona (2007)^[1]

Native speakers

15 (2015)^[2]

Language family

Cariban

Guianan Carib
- Taranoan
  - Carijona

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		Labial	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Stop	voiceless		t		k
Stop	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Affricate	voiceless			tʃ
Affricate	voiced			dʒ
Nasal		m	n	ɲ
Fricative			s		w	h
Tap			ɾ

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Mid	e	ə	o
Open		a

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Carijona
Hianacoto
Tsahá
Native to	Colombia
Ethnicity	290 Carijona (2007)^[1]
Native speakers	15 (2015)^[2]
Language family	Cariban Guianan Carib Taranoan Carijona
Dialects	Hianacoto Karihona Umaua Guaque
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`cbd`
Glottolog	`cari1279`
ELP	Carijona
Linguasphere	`80-AHA-a`

Carijona is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.