Endangered Languages Project - Coreguaje

Coreguaje

^{[aka Corehuaje, Correguaje, Correguaje-Tama]}

Classification: Tucanoan

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Corehuaje, Correguaje, Correguaje-Tama, Koreguaje, Ko'reuaju, Caquetá, Chaocha Pai, Korewahe
CLASSIFICATION		Tucanoan, Western Tucanoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		coe
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,210
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
2,100 (Civallero 2008). Speakers of Koreguaje represent a fusion of various ethnic groups. Also spoken by Inga, Witoto, Carijona, and Tama (Crevels 2007) (2016).

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Colombia;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Caqueta Department, Orteguaza and Caquetá rivers and tributaries; also in Putumayo Department, Puerto Guzman municipality.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~2,110
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~2,110
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Nowadays the speakers of Koreguaje represent a fusion of various ethnic groups, since it is not only spoken by the Koreguaje themselves but also by
Inga, Witoto, Carijona, and Tama (a probably extinct group that assimilated with the Koreguaje).

PLACES: Colombia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Department of Caqueta, int twenty-seven settlements along the rivers Orteguazo, Peneya, and Cauqueta.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

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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