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Preferred term

cavCavineña  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Cavineña is an indigenous language spoken on the Amazonian plains of northern Bolivia by over 1,000 Cavineño people. Although Cavineña is still spoken (and still learnt by some children), it is an endangered language. Guillaume (2004) states that about 1200 people speak the language, out of a population of around 1700. Nearly all Cavineña are bilingual in Spanish.

Entry terms

  • Cavineña language

ISO 639-3 code

  • cav

Notation

  • cav

In other languages

  • Cavineña

    French

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/cav

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