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Name: Kakua
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Cacua; Macu de Cubeo; Macu de Guanano; Macu de Desano; Bada; Kakwa; Bará; Báda; Kákwa
Spoken in: Colombia
Number of speakers: 150 (1982 SIL). Many monolinguals, especially children (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 150 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 150 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: cbv
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Maku, Puinavean
Parent Subgroup: Kakua (kaku)
Child Dialects: Macú-Paraná Cacua (cbv-mac) Vaupés Cacua (cbv-vau)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Severely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Endangered

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