Colorado
A language of Ecuador
| Population | 2,300 (2000 SIL), increasing. Ethnic population: 2,300 (2000 SIL). |
| Region | Northwestern jungle west of Quito, around Santo Domingo de los Colorados. |
| Language map |
Ecuador, reference number 8 |
| Alternate names | Tsachila, Tsafiki |
| Classification | Barbacoan, Cayapa-Colorado |
| Language use | All domains. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Spanish. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1980–1990. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | SOV. Peasant agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Christian. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. 1978. Lista de frases útiles en los diferentes idiomas de la selva y costa ecuatorianas.
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Moore, Bruce R. 1961. "A statistical morpho-syntactic typology study of Colorado (Chibcha)."
Moore, Bruce R. 1962. "Correspondences in South Barbacoan Chibcha."
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Moore, Bruce R. 1966. "Diccionario castellano-colorado, colorado-castellano."
Moore, Bruce R. 1972. "El sistema fonético del idioma colorado."
Moore, Bruce R. 1973. "Some comments on quotations."
Moore, Bruce R. 1979. El cambio cultural entre los colorado de Santo Domingo.
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Moore, Bruce R. 1991. Patrones gramaticales del colorado (chibcha).
Moore, Bruce R. 1992. "The revision of the New Testament in the Colorado language."
Peeke, M. Catherine, editor. 1975. Estudios fonológicos de lenguas vernáculas del Ecuador.

