(documentation CallawallaLanguage EnglishLanguage "The CallawallaLanguage is a language of unknown classification from Bolivia. SIL code: CAW. ISO 639-2: sai. Population: 10 or 20 (1995 estimate SIL). Region: Highlands and high valleys, eastern Andes north of La Paz, Charazani area north of Lake Titicaca. Alternate names: CALLAHUAYA. Comments: Their language seems to have Quechua affixes and syntactic patterns, but distinctive roots from a dialect of the extinct Puquina language (Girault 1990). Bilingualism in North Bolivia Quechua, Aymara, Spanish. Women and children do not speak Callawalla, but speak Spanish, North Bolivia Quechua, or Aymara. Spoken only by the men. A special language used by the herb doctors of the Inca emperors, they continue as herb doctors. Second language only.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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