Cuaiquer | |
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Awa Pit | |
Native to | Colombia, Ecuador |
Ethnicity | 15,000 Awa-Kwaiker (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2008)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kwi |
Glottolog | awac1239 |
ELP | Awa Pit |
Awapit is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2] |
Awa Pit, otherwise known as Cuaiquer (Coaiquer, Cuayquer, Kwaiker, Kwayquer, etc.), is a Barbacoan language.[3] Awa Pit is classified by UNESCO as a severely endangered language.[2] The Awa pit language has a subject–object–verb structure and has adopted the Latin script.[4] Grammatically, Awa Pit uses a characteristic conjunct/disjunct system of verb suffixes for person-marking.[3][5][6]