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CAV ISO 639-3

Cavineña

A language of Bolivia

ISO 639
cav
Alternate Names
Kavinenya
Population
600 (Crevels 2012). Ethnic population: 1,680 (Crevels 2012).
Location:
El Beni department: Baqueti, Bolívar, California, Candelaria, El Choro, Francia, Galilea, Misión Cavinas, Natividad, Pando, Paraíso, Peña Guarayo, San José, San Juan, San Miguel, Santa Catalina; southeast of Riberalta along Beni river.
Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Classification
Tacanan
Typology
SOV; 20 consonants and 4 vowels.
Language Use
Cavineña highly conserved in the communities, except in Riberalta where children are not learning it (Crevels 2007). Some young people, all adults. Also use Spanish [spa], increasingly.
Language Development
Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1985–2012.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Cavineña
Writing
Latin script [Latn].

Also Spoken in

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Location: El Beni department: Baqueti, Bolívar, California, Candelaria, El Choro, Francia, Galilea, Misión Cavinas, Natividad, Pando, Paraíso, Peña Guarayo, San José, San Juan, San Miguel, Santa Catalina; southeast of Riberalta along Beni river.