Cayuvava language

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
שפת קיובבה
Name (Latin)
Cayuvava language
Name (Arabic)
لغة كايوفافا
Other forms of name
Cayawabas language
Cayuaba language
Cayubaba language
Cayuwaba language
Kayubaba language
Kayuvava language
See Also From tracing topical name
Indians of South America Bolivia Languages
See Also From tracing place name
Bolivia
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q3183382
Library of congress: sh 85021563
Sources of Information
  • Ethnologue:p. 85 (Cayubaba (Cayuwaba, Cayuvava) Bolivia)
  • Loukotka, C. Class. So. Am. Ind. langs.:p. 164 (Cayuvava (Kayuvava) Bolivia)
  • Voegelin lang.:p. 131 (Cayuvava (Cayawabas, Cayuaba, Kayubaba) Bolivia)

Wikipedia description:

Cayubaba (Cayuvava, Cayuwaba, Kayuvava) is a moribund language of the Bolivian Amazon. The Cayubaba people inhabit the Beni region to the west of the Mamoré River, North of the Santa Ana Yacuma, with a population of 794 inhabitants. Since the declaration of the Supreme Decree N.º 25894 on September 11, 2000, Cayubaba has been one of the official indigenous languages of Bolivia, which was included in the Political Constitution, which was introduced on February 7, 2009.

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