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awa cuaiquer language
The AwaCuaiquerLanguage is a PastoLanguage of Colombia. SIL code: KWI. ISO 639-2: sai. Population: 20,000 in Colombia (1986 SIL). Population total both countries 21,000. Region: Pacific slopes of the Andes, Narino, from Ecuador border north, near Barbacoas. Alternate names: COAIQUER, QUAIQUER, KWAIKER, AWA, AWA PIT, CUAIQUER. Comments: Bilingual level estimates for Spanish are 0 55%, 1 30%, 2 10%, 3 5%, 4 0%, 5 0%. It is mainly women and children that are monolingual. Grammar. SOV. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: Below 5%. Tropical forest. Mountain slope. Swidden agriculturalists. 200 to 300 meters. Bible portions 1979-1982. Also spoken in: Ecuador. (Language name: AWA-CUAIQUER.) Population: 1,000 in Ecuador (1991 Adelaar). Alternate names: AWA, CUAIQUER. Comments: More distantly related to Chachi and Colorado. Speakers call themselves 'Awa' in Ecuador. Bible portions 1979-1982.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancesbarbacoan languageA BarbacoanLanguage is any of seven languages found in SouthAmerica that form a family of languages apparently unrelated to others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 content bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 pasto languageA PastoLanguage is either of two closely related BarbacoanLanguages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 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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