Siona language

Siona
Gantëya coca
Native toColombia, Ecuador
RegionPutumayo River
EthnicitySiona people, Teteté people
Native speakers
500 (2000–2008)[1]
Tucanoan
  • Western
    • Napo
      • Siona–Secoya
        • Siona
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
snn – Siona
teb – Teteté
Glottologsion1247
ELPBaicoca-Siecoca (shared)
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Siona (otherwise known as Bain Coca, Pioje, Pioche-Sioni, Ganteyabain, Ganteya, Ceona, Zeona, Koka, Kanú) is a Tucanoan language of Colombia and Ecuador. The language is essentially the same as Secoya, but speakers are ethnically distinct.

As of 2013, Siona is spoken by about 550 people.[2] Teteté dialect (Eteteguaje) is extinct.[3]

  1. ^ Siona at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Teteté at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Vocabulary of the Language Used by the Indians in These Missions". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  3. ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices