Kakwa language

For the Kakwa dialect of South Sudan, see Kakwa language (Africa).
Cacua
Kakua, Kakwa
Native toColombia (Vaupés), Brazil (Amazonas)
Native speakers
250 (2015)[1]
Puinave-Maku ?[2][3]
  • Northwestern Puinave-Maku
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3cbv Cacua [4]
Glottologcacu1241
ELPKakua

The Cacua[5][4][6] language, also known as Kakua[7] or Kakwa, is an indigenous language spoken by a few hundred people in Colombia and Brazil. There are many monolinguals, especially children.[5] Apart from being close to or a dialect of Nukak, its classification is uncertain.

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  2. ^ Fabre, Alain (2015). "PUINAVE-MAKU" (PDF). Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  3. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Gary F. Simons; Charles D. Fenni, eds. (2020). "Ethnologue: Languages of the World" (Twenty-third ed.). Dallas: SIL International. Retrieved 2020-06-30. Puinavean
  4. ^ a b "Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: cbv". ISO 639-3 Registration Authority - SIL International. Retrieved 2017-07-03. Name: Cacua
  5. ^ a b Lewis, M. Paul; Gary F. Simons; Charles D. Fennig, eds. (2015). "Ethnologue: Languages of the World" (Eighteenth ed.). Dallas: SIL International. Retrieved 2020-06-30. Cacua
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  7. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Kakua". Glottolog 4.3.