Tinigua language
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. Criterio died some time around 2005, leaving only one speaker of Tinigua.[2] They lived in Meta Department, between the Upper Guayabero and Yari rivers.[3]
| 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 |
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Muñoz also speaks Spanish and is thought to have been born somewhere from 1924-1929. He has five children, but he chose not to teach them Tinigua because they would not have any use for it.[4]
References
- Tinigua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ""Su cultura y lengua morirán con él"". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish).
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- ""Su cultura y lengua morirán con él"". BBC News Mundo (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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