Tinigua language
| Tinigua | |
|---|---|
| Tiniguas | |
| Native to | Colombia |
| Region | Meta Department, Colombia; Serranía de la Macarena, Colombia |
| Ethnicity | 1[1] |
Native speakers | 1 (2013)[1] |
Tiniguan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tit |
| Glottolog | tini1245 |
| ELP | Tinigua |
Tinigua (Tiniguas) is an endangered language isolate spoken in Colombia which used to form a small language family with the now extinct Pamigua language. As of 2000, Tinigua had only two remaining speakers, Sixto Muñoz and his brother, Criterio until he died some time around 2005.[2] They lived in Meta Department, between the Upper Guayabero and Yari rivers.[3]
Muñoz also speaks Spanish and is thought to have been born somewhere from 1924-1929 and although he has 5 kids, he chose not to teach them Tinigua because they wouldn't have any use for it.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b Tinigua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ ""Su cultura y lengua morirán con él"" (in Spanish).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Tobal, Juan Pablo (21 February 2013). "El último Tinígua" (in Spanish). La Voz.
- ^ ""Su cultura y lengua morirán con él"" (in Spanish).
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Further reading[]
- Matthias Brenzinger (2007), Language diversity endangered, 181, vol. of Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, Walter de Gruyter, p. 23, ISBN 978-3-11-017050-4, retrieved 2009-08-28
- Christopher Moseley (2007), Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages, Routledge, p. 40, ISBN 978-0-7007-1197-0, retrieved 2009-09-19
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