Cacua
A language of Colombia
| Population | 150 (1982 SIL). Many monolinguals, especially children. |
| Region | Lower Vaupés region, Wacará, 30 kilometers east of Mitú. |
| Language map |
Southern Colombia, reference number 7 |
| Alternate names | Báda, Kákwa, Macu de Cubeo, Macu de Desano, Macu de Guanano |
| Dialects | Vaupés Cacua, Macú-Paraná Cacua. Related to Hupda [hup], Nukak Maku [mbr]. |
| Classification | Maku |
| 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. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | SOV, OSV. Hunters; gatherers (nomadic); swidden agriculturalists. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Anonymous. 1973. Aspectos de la cultura material de grupos étnicos de Colombia 1.
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Anonymous. 1979. Sistemas fonológicos de idiomas colombianos 4.
CATHCART, Marilyn E., author. 1973. "Cacua."
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CATHCART, Marilyn E.; LEVINSOHN, Stephen H., authors. 1977. "The encoding of chronological progression in Cacua narratives."
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LA ROTTA M., Luz Marina, author. 1977. "Comparación fonológica entre el cacua y el español."
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LEVINSOHN, Stephen H., editor. 1976. Estudios en cacua, jupda y saliba.
LONGACRE, Robert E.; WOODS, Frances M., editors. 1977. Discourse grammar: Studies in indigenous languages of Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador, 2.
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Vernacular Publications
Ded pah jwiít jwĩ jwíih cãac cha pahatji naáwát. 1997.
Jiijnít nʉñʉ́pwã naáwátna. 1995.
Jwiít Lomalindamant bogotána jwĩ bejatji. 1995.
Matemáticas 3: Texto auxiliar. 1999.
Noonjéh bejnit nʉñʉ́pwãdih naáwátna. 1995.
Papélah enat bohéát tólih 3. 1992.
Papélah enat bohéát tólih 4. 1994.
Papélah enat bohéát tólih 5. 1994.
Papélah enat boheéát tólih. 1984.
Una collección de narraciónes indígenas. 1976.
Wʉ́ʉdwãdih naáwát (Cuento sobre como cazamos anguilas). 1995.

