Kuna
E12670
Kuna is an indigenous Chibchan language spoken by the Guna (Kuna) people primarily in Panama and parts of Colombia.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kuna people | 6 |
| Kuna canonical | 4 |
| Kuna language | 3 |
| Kuna (Guna) | 1 |
| Kuna language continuum | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American indigenous language
ⓘ
Chibchan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Guna language
ⓘ
surface form:
Cuna language
Dulegaya ⓘ Guna language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Buglere language
ⓘ
Guaymí ⓘ
surface form:
Guaymí language
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Colombia
ⓘ
Panama ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Ngäbe people
ⓘ
surface form:
Guna people
|
| glottologCode | kuna1268 ⓘ |
| glottologName | San Blas Kuna ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Border Kuna
ⓘ
San Blas Kuna ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
English
ⓘ
surface form:
English language
Spanish language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
postpositions instead of prepositions
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | standardized Latin-based orthography ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
nasalization
ⓘ
tone-like pitch accent ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasRegulatingBody | Guna General Congress (language commission) ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature |
intergenerational transmission in many communities
ⓘ
strong community language loyalty ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-2 | cuk ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | cuk ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Chibchan ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| region | Central America ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Ngäbe people
ⓘ
surface form:
Guna people
Kuna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kuna people
|
| spokenIn |
Colombia
ⓘ
Colombian Caribbean region ⓘ
surface form:
Colombian Caribbean coast
Darién Province ⓘ Guna Yala ⓘ Madugandí ⓘ Panama ⓘ Wargandí ⓘ |
| status | vulnerable language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in Guna communities
ⓘ
ritual speech ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | bilingual education programs in Guna Yala ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kuna language
this entity surface form:
Kuna people
this entity surface form:
Kuna (Guna)
this entity surface form:
Kuna people
this entity surface form:
Kuna language
this entity surface form:
Kuna language
this entity surface form:
Kuna language
this entity surface form:
Kuna language continuum
this entity surface form:
Kuna people
this entity surface form:
Kuna people
this entity surface form:
Kuna people