Siona language
E741177
The Siona language is a Western Tucanoan indigenous language spoken by the Siona people of the Amazonian region of Ecuador and Colombia.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American indigenous language
ⓘ
Tucanoan language ⓘ Western Tucanoan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| belongsToPhylum | Tucanoan ⓘ |
| country |
Republic of Colombia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Siona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Pioche
ⓘ
Pioje NERFINISHED ⓘ Siona-Secoya NERFINISHED ⓘ Sioni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommunityEfforts |
bilingual education initiatives
ⓘ
language maintenance ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Secoya-related varieties
ⓘ
Siona (proper) ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
evidentiality distinctions
ⓘ
nasal harmony ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | sion1247 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Siona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasTypology | predominantly SOV word order ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn |
Colombia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | snn ⓘ |
| isSpokenAlong |
Aguarico River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Putumayo River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tucanoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | threatened ⓘ |
| macroArea | South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Amazonian region of Colombia
ⓘ
Amazonian region of Ecuador ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Siona people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Amazon basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Western Tucanoan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication within Siona communities
ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| usedIn | interethnic communication with neighboring Tucanoan groups ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.