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Sigma KEE - CuibaLanguage
CuibaLanguage
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The CuibaLanguage is a GuahibanLanguage of Colombia. SIL code: CUI. ISO 639-2: sai. Population: 2,000 in Colombia (1979 SIL). Population: total both countries 2,650. Region: Meta Casanare and Capanapara rivers and tributaries. Alternate names: CUIVA, CUIBA-WAMONAE. Dialects: CHIRICOA, MASIWARE (MASIGUARE), CHIRIPO (WUPIWI, SIRIPU), YARAHUURAXI-CAPANAPARA, MAYAYERO, MOCHUELO-CASANARE-CUIBA, TAMPIWI (MARIPOSAS), AMARUWA (AMORUA). Comments: 8 dialects, 2 in Venezuela, 7 in Colombia. 50% in Colombia are monolingual. Semi-nomadic bands. Grammar. Literacy rate in first language: 45%. Literacy rate in second language: 45%. Savannah. Hunter-gatherers, swidden agriculturalists. NT 1988. Also spoken in: Venezuela (Language name: CUIBA.) Population: 650 in Venezuela (1995 SIL). Alternate names: CUIVA. Dialects: CHIRICOA, AMARUWA (AMORUA), MASIGUARE, SIRIPU, YARAHUURAXI-CAPANAPARA, MELLA, PTAMO, SICUANE (SICUARI). Comments: Semi-nomadic bands. Nearly all are monolingual. Literacy rate in second language: 1%. Hunter-gatherers. NT 1988.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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