Cavineña

CAV

threatened

Genealogy:

Tacanan

Demographics: 1,680 (2006 PIB). Ethnic population: 2,950 (2001 DNPI).

Language Use: Cavineña highly conserved in the communities, except in Riberalta where children are not learning it (Crevels 2007). Increasingly also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1985–2012.

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Bolivia