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ISO 639-3 · cbicbi
Barbacoan family
Cha'palaa
Cha'palaa is a language of the Barbacoan branch, spoken in Ecuador. Wikidata counts about 10,000 speakers (2013). Wikidata describes it as “Barbacoan language spoken in northern Ecuador by ca. 3000 ethnic Chachi people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
cbi- Glottocode
chac1249- Family
- Barbacoan
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 12 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Cha'palaa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Chachi, Cayapa language, Cayapa |
| All speakers | 10,000 (2013) |
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: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Barbacoan to Cha'palaa
The branches above Cha'palaa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
5BarbacoanfamilycbiCha'palaalanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Ecuador
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