Cuiva
Cuiba; Cuiba-Wámonae; Kuiva; Chiricoa; Cuiba-Wámonae; Hiwi; Maiben
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Cuiba Language Sample
CUIBA ( Cuiva, Cuiba-
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In Venezuela, all 650 members of the Cuiba ethnic group are speakers of the language.
2007
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Colombia, between the Meta, Casanare, and Capanaparo rivers, western part of the Department of Arauca: Resguardo Los Iguanitos, Municipality of Tame, Lower Cusay, to the north of the city of Tame; northwestern part of the Department of Casanare: Resguardo Caño Mochuelo-Hato Corozal, municipalities of Hato Corozal and Paz de Ariporo, between – to the north – the city of Tame (Department of Arauca) and – to the south – Paz de Ariporo; north-northwestern part of Vichada: Resguardo Santa Teresita del Tuparro, Municipality of Cumaribo, to the northwest of the centre of the Municipality of Cumaribo, between the rivers Tomo and Vichada, about 200km to the west of the Orinoco River; Resguardo La Pascua, municipalities of Puerto Carreño and Guacacías. Venezuela, Apure State, along the Upper Capanaparo River and its tributary Riecito.
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Colombia, between the Meta, Casanare, and Capanaparo rivers, western part of the Department of Arauca: Resguardo Los Iguanitos, Municipality of Tame, Lower Cusay, to the north of the city of Tame; northwestern part of the Department of Casanare: Resguardo Caño Mochuelo-Hato Corozal, municipalities of Hato Corozal and Paz de Ariporo, between – to the north – the city of Tame (Department of Arauca) and – to the south – Paz de Ariporo; north-northwestern part of Vichada: Resguardo Santa Teresita del Tuparro, Municipality of Cumaribo, to the northwest of the centre of the Municipality of Cumaribo, between the rivers Tomo and Vichada, about 200km to the west of the Orinoco River; Resguardo La Pascua, municipalities of Puerto Carreño and Guacacías. Venezuela, Apure State, along the Upper Capanaparo River and its tributary Riecito.
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In Venezuela the Cuiba hunter-gatherers live in semi-nomadic bands.
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"2,450 in Colombia (2001). 1,500 monolinguals."
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2930 (2280 Colombia, 650 (Venezuela)
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2200 in Colombia; 650 in Venezuela.
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2445 Colombia (2001), 445 Venezuela (2001)
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- Atlas of the World’s Languages in DangerMoseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
- World Oral Literature Project"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.http://www.oralliterature.org
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)http://www.ethnologue.com/
- Breve Presentación de lengua Cuiba (variante Maibén)Merchán, Hna. Ana Joaquina. 2000. "Breve Presentación De Lengua Cuiba (variante Maibén)." In Lenguas indígenas de Colombia: una visión descriptiva, edited by María Stella González de pérez and María Luisa Rodríguez de montes. 585-598. Instituto Caro y Cuervo.
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