Kuna
[aka Cuna, San Blas Cuna, Cueva]Classification: Chibchan
·vulnerable
- PLACES
- Panama, Colombia
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
mostly Panama-Colombian border area
Language metadata
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Cuna, San Blas Cuna, Cueva, Paya-Pocuro, Caimán |
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Chibchan, Isthmic |
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cuk, kvn |
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Language information by source
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Information from: “"Documentation and description of Kuna: a community-based approach to documentation and grammar-writing" HRELP Abstract” . Smith, Wikaliler (2009)
Information from: “"Documentation and description of Kuna: a community-based approach to documentation and grammar-writing" HRELP Abstract” . Smith, Wikaliler (2009)
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
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Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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58,300
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Ethnologue distinguishes 2 Kuna languages, which others do not. They are:
Kuna, Border [kvn] 1,200 (500 in Panama) (1990).
Kuna, San Blas [cuk] 57,100 (2000)
- DATE OF INFO
- 1990, 2000
- PLACES
- Panama; Colombia;
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
In Colombia, Border Cuna: North coast region near Panama isthmus; also in Panama. In Panama, San Blas Cuna: San Blas Islands and on the mainland.
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Kuna, San Blas [cuk]: San Blas islands and on the mainland.
Kuna, Border [kvn]: North coast region near Panama isthmus, Antioquia Department, along east and west banks of the Gulf of Uraba; Choco Department, Arquía.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
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Ethnologue distinguishes 2 Cuna languages:
Kuna, San Blas [cuk] 57,100, ethnic population 80,500.
Kuna, Border [kvn] 3500 (2600 in Colombia, 900 in Panama)
- DATE OF INFO
- 2000 ([cuk]), 2012 ([kvn])
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Spanish
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English
- PLACES
- Colombia, Panama
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
For [cuk]: in Panama: Colón province: Guna Yala comarca, Metro Colón; Panama province: Metro Panama City.
For [kvn]: in Colombia: Antioquia department: north coast region near Panama isthmus, east and west banks of Gulf of Uraba; Chocó department: Arquía; in Panama: Darien province: Paya and Pucuro villages.
Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
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~1,170
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1,170 Cuna in Colombia, more in Panama.
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
The Cuna have maintained their language, social organization, and religious beliefs but they have been decimated by tuberculosis, malaria, and parasites.
- PLACES
- Colombia; Panama
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Colombia, along the east and west banks of the Gulf of Urubá, Darién region, Department of Antioquia: Caiman Nuevo, Neoclí; Department of Chocó: Arquía.
Information from: “Meso-America” (197-209) . William Adelaar and J. Diego Quesada (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London and New York: Routledge
- PLACES
- Panama
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"San Blas Islands and on the mainland. Some 10,000 have moved to Panama City, port of Colón...The language is also spoken by some 1,000 speakers around the Gulf of Urabá in Colombia" (Adelaar & Quesada 2007:199-200).
