Endangered Languages Project - Guambiano

Guambiano

^{[aka Guambiano, Guambia, Moguex]}

Classification: Barbacoan

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Guambiano, Guambia, Moguex, Namdrik, Guambiana, Mogües, Moguez, Wam, Misak, Guambiano-Moguez, Wambiano, Mogés, Guambía, Wambiano-Mogés
CLASSIFICATION		Barbacoan, Northern Barbacoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		gum
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Ethnic population
~20,780
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
It isn't clear how many speakers there are in the ethnic group.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Colombia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Colombia, Department of Cauca, on the western slopes of the Andean Cordillera Central, in the municipalities of Silvia, Jambaló, Totoró, Caldono and Toribío, and on the banks of the Piendamó River.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
23,500
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Increasing. Less than 10% monolingual.

DATE OF INFO: 2001

MORE ON VITALITY

increasing

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Vigorous. All domains. Positive attitudes. Mostly bilingual in Spanish.

PLACES: Colombia;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Cauca Department, on western slopes of Andean Cordillera Central, Silvia, Jambaló, Totoró, Caldono, and Toribío municipalities, and on the banks of Piendamó River.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
23,462
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,596
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
21,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2008

PLACES: Colombia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Cauca department: Caldono, Jambaló, Silvia, Toribío, and Totoró municipalities, western slopes of Andean Cordillera Central on Piendamó River banks.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
23,462
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Instituto Caro y Cuervo 2000: 18,000; Arango y Sánchez 2004: 23,462; Censo 2005: 21,085

PLACES: Colombia

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

2.5,-76.6666666667

COORDINATES

2.6138,-76.3906

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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