| Kallawaya | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Bolivia |
| Region | La Paz Department: Charazani; highlands north of Lake Titicaca |
Native speakers | None[1] 10–20 as 2nd language[citation needed] |
Puquina
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| Official status | |
Official language in |  Bolivia[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | caw |
| Glottolog | call1235 |
| ELP | Kallawaya |
Kallawaya, also Callahuaya or Callawalla, is an endangered, secret, mixed language in Bolivia; another name sometimes used for the language is Pohena. It is spoken by the Kallawaya people, a group of traditional itinerant healers in the Andes in their medicinal healing practice living in Charazani, the highlands north of Lake Titicaca,[3] and Tipuani.[4]
- ^ Kallawaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Constitución política del Estado" (PDF) (in Spanish). Gaceta Oficial de Bolivia. February 7, 2009. p. 2. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
Artículo 5.1: Son idiomas oficiales del Estado el castellano y todos los idiomas de las naciones y pueblos indígena originario [sic] campesinos, que son el aymara, [...], machajuyai-kallawaya, [...] y zamuco.
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Bolivia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.