Also Known As:
Guambiano, Guambia, Moguex, Namdrik, Guambiana, Mogües, Moguez, Wam, Misak, Guambiano-Moguez, Wambiano, Mogés, Guambía, Wambiano-Mogés
Dialects & Varieties
South America
Crevels, Mily. 2007. "South America." In Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 103-196. London & New York: Routledge.
Speakers
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Ethnic or community population
~20,780
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Location and Context
Countries
Colombia
Location Description
Colombia, Department of Cauca, on the western slopes of the Andean Cordillera Central, in the municipalities of Silvia, Jambaló, Totoró, Caldono and Toribío, and on the banks of the Piendamó River.
Government Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Spanish
Number of Other Language Speakers:
Most Guambiano are bilingual in Spanish.
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
Statistics about the Misak population in Colombia. Infogram.