Endangered Languages Project - Inga

Inga

^{[aka Ingano]}

Classification: Quechuan

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Ingano
CLASSIFICATION		Quechuan, Quechua IIB
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
LANGUAGE CODE		inb, inj
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Highland Inga (Aponte Inga /San Andrés Inga / Santiago Inga) Jungle Inga (Yunguillo-Condagua / Guayuyaco).
DOWNLOAD		As csv
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		The question of how to distinguish between entities that are dialects of a single language vs. those that are separate languages is particularly serious in the case of Quechuan languages and dialects, and much work remains to be done. Though it is well-known and very clear that there are a number of distinct languages in the Quechua complex, some very distinct, the tendency to consider them all merely dialects of “Quechua” persists in many circles. (Cerrón-Palomino 1987). Ethnologue distinguishes Inga (Highland Inga) [inb] from Jungle Inga (Lowland Inga) [inj], where others do not.

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)” . Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig · Dallas, Texas: SIL International

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
33,200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Population of Jungle (Lowland) Inga [inj]: "11,200 (2007 Organización de Cabildos Indígenas del Putumayo)." Population of (Highland) Inga [inb]: "18,000 in Colombia (Civallero 2008). Dispersed in various regions; adopted commerce as a survival strategy (Crevels 2007). Population total all countries: 22,000."

DATE OF INFO: 2007, 2008

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Colombia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Jungle (Lowland) Inga [inj]: "Putumayo, Cauca, and Narino departments, upper Caquetá and Putumayo rivers." (Highland) Inga [inb]: "Northwest Putumayo and southeast Narino departments; some in Cauca Department, Piamonte and Santa Rosa municipalities; 1,000 in Bogotá, some in regional capitals."

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
33,200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Ethnologue distinguishes 2 Inga languages:
Inga (Highland Inga) [Inb]: 22,000 (18,000 in Colombia, 3000 elsewhere)
Jungle Inga [inj]: 11,200

DATE OF INFO: 2008 (for [inb]); 2007 (for [inj])

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Used by Kamsá as L2.

PLACES: Colombia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: For [inb]: Nariño and Putumayo departments; some in Cauca department: Piamonte and Santa Rosa municipalities; 1,000 in Bogotá, some in regional capitals.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Colombia

PLACES: Colombia

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
16,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
33,200 total. Inga (Highland Inga) [inb]: 22,000 Jungle Inga [inj]: 11,200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Camsá [kbh] use Inga as a second language.

DATE OF INFO: 2008, 2007

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Inga [inb] is "threatened"; Jungle Inga is more "vigorous".

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Spanish

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin (Spanish-based)

PLACES: Colombia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Inga [inb]: Nariño and Putumayo departments; some in Cauca department: Piamonte and Santa Rosa municipalities; 1,000 in Bogotá, some in regional capitals.
Jungle Inga [inj]: Cauca, Nariño. and Putumayo departments: upper Caquetá and Putumayo rivers.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
19,079
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Instituto Caro y Cuervo 2000: 26,000; Arango y Sánchez 2004: 19,079; Censo 2005: 15,450

PLACES: 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