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Tiniguan languages

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Geographic distribution
  
Colombia

Glottolog
  
None

Linguistic classification
  
One of the world's primary language families

The Tiniwan languages are two extinct and one nearly extinct language of Colombia that form a small family,

  • Tinigua (Tiniwa)
  • Pamigua (Pamiwa)
  • Majigua

    • Nothing is known about Majigua (Campbell & Grondona 2012).

    Classification

    Though data on Pamigua is extremely limited, the relationship seems to be fairly close: Tinigua manaxaí 'walk!', Pamigua menáxa 'let's go!'.

    References

    Tiniguan languages Wikipedia
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