Alternate Names: Highland Inga
Dialects: Aponte Inga, San Andrés Inga, Santiago Inga. Partially intelligible with Imbabura Quichua , of Ecuador. Aponte Inga dialect is most distinct.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 18,000 in Colombia (Civallero 2008). Dispersed in various regions; adopted commerce as a survival strategy (Crevels 2007). Population total all countries: 22,000.
Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa]. Used as L2 by Camsá [kbh].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 10%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1996–2009.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Colombia