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saliba language
The SalibaLanguage is a SalivanLanguage of Colombia. SIL code: SLC. ISO 639-2: sai. Population: 2,000 in Colombia (1982 T. Benaissa SIL). Population total both countries: 2,250. Region: Meta and Casanare rivers. Alternate names: SALIVA. Comments: Bilingualism in Spanish. Those 50 and older use Saliba as mother tongue. Younger members use Spanish. SOV. Literacy rate in first language: 1% to 5%. Literacy rate in second language: 15% to 25%. Tropical forest. Plains, interfluvial. Swidden agriculturalists. lower than 200 meters. Also spoken in: Venezuela. (Language name: SALIBA. Population: 250 in Venezuela (1991 Adelaar). Alternate names: SALIVA. Comments: Very acculturated in Venezuela.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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 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.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 salivan languageA SalivanLanguage is either of two closely related languages, spoken in Colombia and Venezuela, forming a distinct family of languages that are unrelated to any others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 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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