Endangered Languages Project - Kubeo

Kubeo

^{[aka Cubeo, Hahänana, Hehenawa]}

Classification: Tucanoan

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Cubeo, Hahänana, Hehenawa, Cuveo, Kobeua, Kubwa, Kobewa, Pamiwa, Kubewa, Pamié, Cubeu, Kobéwa
CLASSIFICATION		Tucanoan, Eastern Tucanoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cub
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Personal communication about Kubeo” . Chacon, Thiago (2014)

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,900
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In Brazil about 400 people and in Colombia about 7,500 people speak Kubeo.

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Brazil; Colombia;

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,000
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Brazil, Colombia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: on the Uaupes (Vaupés) River and its tributaries along the border of Brazil and Colombia

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,800
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"6,650 in Colombia (2001). 10% monolinguals."

6,100 in Colombia (Civallero 2008), increasing. Population total all countries: 6,260. 610 monolinguals (2103).

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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The number of speakers is increasing.

PLACES: Brazil; Colombia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Vaupes Department, Vaupés, Cuduyari, Querarí rivers and tributaries; possibly some in Guainía Department.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Vaupés Department, Vaupés, Cuduyari, Querarí rivers and tributaries; possibly some in Guainía Department.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,150
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,150
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-9,999
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~6,035

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: The Cubeo language and culture have remained largely intact.

PLACES: Colombia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Colobmia: southeast, Department of Vaupes, northwestern Vaupes River area, on the Vaupes, Cuduyari and Querari rivers.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,797-6,847
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
7028
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are 150- 200 speakers out of a total ethnic population of 381 people in Brazil (2005) and 6647 speakers in Colombia (2001).

PLACES: Brazil and Colombia

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press