Also Known As:
Cuna, San Blas Cuna, Cueva, Paya-Pocuro, Caimán
Dialects & Varieties
- Border Cuna
- San Blas Cuna
Meso-America
Adelaar, William and J. Diego Quesada. 2007. "Meso-America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 197-209. London and New York: Routledge.
Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~70,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Panama
Location Description
"San Blas Islands and on the mainland. Some 10,000 have moved to Panama City, port of Colón...The language is also spoken by some 1,000 speakers around the Gulf of Urabá in Colombia" (Adelaar & Quesada 2007:199-200).
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
Facsimile of a vocabulary of approximately one thousand words in the language of the Cuna Indians of
Facsimile of a catechism written in parallel in Spanish and Cuna, including material on the sacramen
Facsimile of a catechism written in parallel in Spanish and Cuna, including material on the sacramen