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Awa-Cuaiquer

A language of Colombia

ISO 639-3: kwi

Population	20,000 in Colombia (1986 SIL). Population total all countries: 22,000.
Region	Pacific slopes of Andes, Nariño, from Ecuador border north, near Barbacoas. Also in Ecuador.
Language map	Southern Colombia
Alternate names	Awa, Awa Pit, Coaiquer, Cuaiquer, Kwaiker, Quaiquer
Dialects	Distantly related to Chachi [cbi] and Colorado [cof].
Classification	Barbacoan, Pasto
Language use	Most men also use Spanish.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Grammar. NT: 2002.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Swidden agriculturalists.

Also spoken in:

Ecuador

Language name	Awa-Cuaiquer
Population	2,000 in Ecuador (2007), decreasing. 1,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 2,000 in Ecuador (2000).
Region	Extreme north, on the western slopes of the Andes, Colombia-Ecuador border, Esmeraldes Carchi and Imbabura provinces.
Language map	Ecuador, reference number 2
Alternate names	Cuaiquer
Language use	Home, religion. All ages. Negative language attitude. Also use Spanish.
Comments	Call themselves both Awa and Înkal Awa both in Ecuador and Colombia.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Cathcart, Marilyn E. and others. 1979. Sistemas fonológicos de idiomas colombianos 4.

Heinze, Carol, editor. 1978. Estudios chibchas 2.

Henriksen, Lee A. 1979. "Algunas observaciones sobre un texto cuaiquer."  

Henriksen, Lee A. and Lynne Henriksen. 1979. "Fonología del cuaiquer."

Henriksen, Lee A. and Pedro V. Obando O. 1985. Mane pɨnkɨh kamshimtus (Una gramática pedagógica del cuaiquer con ejercicios prácticos, tomo 1).

Henriksen, Lee A. and Stephen H. Levinsohn. 1977. "Progression and prominence in Cuaiquer discourse."  

Henriksen, Lee A. and Stephen H. Levinsohn. 1978. "Progresión y prominencia en el discurso cuaiquer."

Longacre, Robert E. and Frances M. Woods, editors. 1977. Discourse grammar: Studies in indigenous languages of Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador, 2.  

Vernacular Publications

Awane marimpa samtune. 2002.

Awane sun kiamtu. 2002.

Carro pwijmɨsɨ. 2002.

Chichu. 2002.

Chichune ap sura cha. 2002.

Kalpane ap sura cha. 2002.

Kukum piantana ɨru. 2002.

Pishkarune ap sura cha. 2002.