Guna language

E68751

Chibchan language indigenous language language

Guna language is an indigenous Chibchan language spoken by the Guna people of Panama and Colombia.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chibchan language → indigenous language → language →
alternateName	Dulegaya → Kuna language →
autonymMeaning	language of the people →
closelyRelatedTo	Buglere language → Ngäbere language →
country	Colombia → Panama →
ethnicGroup	Guna people →
hasDialects	Border Guna → Guna of Madungandí → Guna of Wargandí → San Blas Guna →
hasDomainUsage	community political meetings → local radio broadcasting → traditional songs and chants →
hasEndonym	Dulegaya →
hasGlottocode	kuna1268 →
hasLinguisticFeature	numeral classifiers → postpositions instead of prepositions → rich verbal morphology →
hasLoanwordsFrom	Spanish →
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length → nasal vowels → simple consonant inventory →
hasRegulatingBody	Guna General Congress →
ISO639-2	cuk →
ISO639-3	cuk →
languageFamily	Chibchan languages →
languageStatusSource	UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger →
primaryScriptDirection	left-to-right →
region	Guna Yala → Madungandí → Wargandí →
spokenIn	Colombia → Panama →
status	vulnerable →
subfamily	Choco–Darién branch →
typology	agglutinative language →
usedFor	daily communication in Guna communities → ritual speech → traditional oral literature →
usedInEducation	bilingual intercultural education programs in Panama →
wordOrder	SOV →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kuna language → Kuna language ("Cuna language") →	alternativeName
Emberá ("Wounaan language") →	closelyRelatedTo
Guna General Congress (language commission) →	languageRegulated
Madugandí →	languageUsed
Guna Yala →	localLanguage
Wargandí →	traditionalLanguage