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Carijona language

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Native to
  
Colombia

Dialects
  
Hianacoto Karihona

Ethnicity
  
290 Carijona (2007)

ISO 639-3
  
cbd

Native speakers
  
6 near La Pedrera and "a few more" near Miraflores (2007)

Language family
  
Cariban Guianan Carib Taranoan Carijona

Carijona (Karihona) is a Cariban language, or probably a pair of languages, of Colombia. Derbyshire (1999) lists the varieties Hianacoto-Umaua and Carijona proper as separate languages.

References

Carijona language Wikipedia