ISO 639-3 · acaaca
Upper Amazon Arawakan family
Achawa
Achawa is a language of the Upper Amazon Arawakan branch, spoken in Colombia. Wikidata counts about 514 speakers.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
aca- Glottocode
acha1250- Family
- Upper Amazon Arawakan
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 16 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Achawa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Achagua, Achawa language |
| All speakers | 514 |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Upper Amazon Arawakan to Achawa
The branches above Achawa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
7Upper Amazon ArawakanfamilyacaAchawalanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Colombia
spaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationalromRomaniIndo-European · 46 mDefinitely endangeredrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreatenedgucWayuuTa-Arawakan · 300,0005 · DevelopingpbbPáezunclassified · 140,0006b · ThreatenedempNorthern EmberaChoco · 72,0005 · DevelopingtcaTicunaunclassified · 61,0005 · DevelopinginbIngaQuechua · 33,0006b · ThreatenedguhGuahiboGuajiboan · 23,006VulnerablegumGuambianoBarbacoan · 20,7825 · Developing