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andoque language
The AndoqueLanguage is a language isolate spoken in Colombia. SIL code: ANO. ISO 639-2: sai. Population: 518 to 600 speakers in Colombia, all of whom are reported to understand it, but few speak it (1998 Arango and Sanchez). Extinct in Peru (1992 SIL). There were 10,000 in 1908 (Landaburu 1979). Region: Aduche River (tributary of Caqueta) 15 km. down river from Araracuara, Amazonas. Alternate names: ANDOKE. Comments: Mason (1950:246 with disclaimer), Tax (1960:433), and Kaufman (1990:43 tentatively) say this is Witotoan. Tovar (1961:150), Witte (1981:1), and Aschmann (1993:2) say it is an isolate. 80% speak fair Spanish, 10% are monolingual. People are somewhat acculturated. Tropical forest. Rubber gatherers.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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