Carijona language

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Carijona
Hianacoto
Tsahá
Native to	Colombia
Ethnicity	290 Carijona (2007)
Native speakers	15 (2015)
Language family	Cariban Guianan Carib Taranoan Carijona
Dialects	Hianacoto Karihona Umaua Guaque
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cbd
Glottolog	cari1279
ELP	Carijona
Linguasphere	80-AHA-a
Carijona is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Carijona (Karihona) is a moribund Cariban language, or a pair of languages, of Colombia. It is spoken by only 15 people as of 2015. Derbyshire (1999) lists the varieties Hianacoto-Umaua and Carijona proper as separate languages.

Phonology