Wounaan language
E353474
Wounaan language is an indigenous Chocoan language spoken by the Wounaan people primarily in Panama and Colombia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wounaan language canonical | 7 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chocoan language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | South America ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chocoan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Emberá languages
|
| countryOfficialRecognition |
recognized as indigenous language in Colombia
ⓘ
recognized as indigenous language in Panama ⓘ |
| endangeredStatusSource | UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Wounaan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family |
Chocoan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Chocoan language family
|
| glottologCode | woun1238 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Woun Meu ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Noanamá
ⓘ
Woun Meu ⓘ Wounaan meu ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
varieties spoken in Colombia
ⓘ
varieties spoken in Panama ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
documented in academic articles
ⓘ
documented in descriptive grammars ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEfforts |
bilingual education initiatives
ⓘ
community-based language programs ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Wounaan communities along the Darién region
ⓘ
Wounaan communities along the San Juan River region ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | noa ⓘ |
| languageShiftPressureFrom | Spanish ⓘ |
| languageStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| region |
Chocó Department
ⓘ
Darién Province ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Colombia
ⓘ
Panama ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Emberá–Wounaan language ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedBy | Wounaan communities in riverine areas ⓘ |
| usedIn |
community education
ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ traditional oral narratives ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.