Cubeo
A language of Colombia
| Population | 6,650 in Colombia (2001), increasing. 10% monolinguals. Population total all countries: 6,800. |
| Region | Vaupés region, Vaupés, Cuduyari, Querarí rivers and tributaries. Also in Brazil, Venezuela. |
| Language maps |
Northern Colombia Southern Colombia, reference number 2 |
| Alternate names | Cuveo, Hehenawa, Kobeua, Kobewa, Kubwa, Pamiwa |
| Classification | Tucanoan, Central Tucanoan |
| Language use | Trade language. Vigorous. Cubeo is lingua franca for northwest Vaupés area. All domains. About 5% are 7 years old or younger. Positive attitude. Most also use other Tucanoan languages, Spanish, or Portuguese. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 35%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. Written form used for religion and commerce. Both oral and written in primary school. Newspapers. NT: 1970–1989. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Exogamous marriage pattern with speakers of other languages. SOV. Swidden agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Christian, syncretism. |
Also spoken in:
Brazil
| Language name | Cubeo |
| Population | 150 in Brazil (1986 SIL). |
| Region | Northwest Amazonas, near São Gabriel. |
| Language map |
Brazil, reference number 1 |
| Alternate names | Cubeu, Cuveo, Hehenawa, Kobeua, Kobewa, Kobéwa, Kubwa, Pamié, Pamiwa |
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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CRISWELL, Linda L.; HOLLINGER, Cari; MORSE, Nancy L., authors. 2000. "El cubeo."
FERGUSON, Judy; MORSE, Nancy, transcribers. 2012. VOCABULARIO - SWADESH: CUBEO.
GAWTHORNE, Linda A., editor. 1976. Estudios tucanos 4.
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HEINZE, Carol, editor. 1977. Estudios tucanos 2.
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LONGACRE, Robert E.; WOODS, Frances M., editors. 1977. Discourse grammar: Studies in indigenous languages of Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador, 2.
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LÓPEZ, Lilia; LÓPEZ, Pedro; SALSER, J. K.; SALSER, Neva, authors. 1974. "Textos cubeo: La rana y el pez; El origen del tabaco; Anaconda y las lluvias; El ritual del tabaco; Cuando perros eran gente; Como llegaron los cerdos a tener colas cortas; El duende del sueno."
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MAXWELL, Michael B.; MORSE, Nancy L., authors. 1999. Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the Languages of Colombia 5.
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MAXWELL, Michael B.; MORSE, Nancy L., authors. 1999. Gramática del cubeo.
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MORSE, Nancy L., author. 1985. "Cubeo kinship."
MORSE, Nancy L.; SALSER, J. K.; SALSER, Neva, compilers. 1999. Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo—español español—cubeo.
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MOUNTAIN, Kathy, author. 1978. "Lista de palabras Swadesh y Rowe."
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SALSER, J. K., author. 1970. "Cubeo acculturation to coca and its social implications."
SALSER, J. K., author. 1971. "Cubeo phonemics."
SALSER, J. K., author. 1973. "Cubeo."
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SALSER, J. K., author. 1975. "The Cubeo gourd blackening process."
SALSER, J. K., author. 1978. "El proceso cubeo de ennegrecer la calabaza."
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SALSER, J. K., author. 1980. Los Cubeo: Una bibliografía con notas.
SALSER, J. K.; SALSER, Neva, authors. 1976. "Fonología del cubeo."
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SALSER, J. K.; SALSER, Neva, authors. 1976. "Muiʼwãibo darejawʉ̃ya (Como se fueron los diablos); Pĩcõmuarẽʼwarĩwã ãrẽjaimađa (Como llegaron los cerdos a tener colas cortas): Mitos del cubeo."
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SALSER, J. K.; SALSER, Neva, authors. 1977. "Estructura del discurso y de la oración en el cubeo."
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SALSER, J. K.; SALSER, Neva, authors. 1977. "Some features of Cubeo discourse and sentence structure."
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Vernacular Publications
¡Si puede leer en castellano, puede leer en cubeo!. 1989.
¿Aipe ʼcarta toiwaino marĩ?. 1974.
--¿Aipe đarãjidi majã? = Primeros auxilios en cubeo . 1992.
Americare cʉriwʉ ʼbacawʉ. 1973.
Cacaore memeiyede bueitucubo. 1992.
Curãnu̶inorẽ coyu̶itucubo. 1983.
Maja bʉivu jã́ri boroteiye bueitucubo. 1991.
Majã ʼbʉiwʉ ʼjãrĩ aiye bueitucubo. 1983.
Pamiʼe ʼjãrĩ-aiye buei-tucubo. 1973.
Pamiʼe ʼjãrĩ-aiye buei-tucuboque toiwai-tucubo. 1973.
Pãmi'ẽ 'jãrĩaiye bueitucuboque toiwaitucubo. 1984.
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Pãmié toivaiye (El abecedario cubeo). 1989.
Pãmi'ẽi coyʉiye = Cuentos cubeos . 1986.
Pãmiéne jãri boroteiye bueitucubo. 1991.

