Cacua

A language of Colombia

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Báda, Cakua, Kakua, Kákwa, Macu de Cubeo, Macu de Desano, Macu de Guanano, Macú-Paraná, Wacara

Population

400 (2010 A. Gonzalez). Many monolinguals, especially children.

Location

Lower Vaupés Department, Wacará, 30 km east of Mitú.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Macú-Paraná Cacua, Vaupés Cacua. Related to Hupda [hup] and Nukak Maku [mbr]. Lexical similarity: 90% similarity with Nukak [mbr] (Crevels 2007).

Typology

SOV, OSV

Language Use

Vigorous. Some also use Cubeo [cub], Desano [des], or Guanano [gvc].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 10%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5% in Spanish. NT: 2004.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.