Andoque language

language
name=Andoque
nativename=
states=Colombia
speakers=610 (2000)
familycolor=isolate
fam1=Bora-Witoto ?
iso2=ano|iso3=ano

The Andoque language is an aboriginal language spoken by a few hundred Andoque in Northern South America, and is in decline. [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ano Ethnologue] ]

In 2000, there were 610 speakers in the area of the Anduche River, downstream from Aracuara, Amazonas, Colombia; 50 were monolinguals. The language is no longer spoken in Peru. 80% of speakers are proficient in Spanish. It is a language isolate.

Genetic relations

Kaufman's (1994) "Bora-Witótoan stock" includes the Bóran and Witótoan (Huitoto-Ocaina) sub-families as well as Andoque. Richard Aschmann considers Andoque an isolate.

Joseph Greenberg includes "Bora-Uitoto" within his "Macro-Carib" phylum.

Notes

ee also

* Andoque

Bibliography

* Aschmann, Richard P. (1993). "Proto Witotoan". Publications in linguistics (No. 114). Arlington, TX: SIL & the University of Texas at Arlington.
* Campbell, Lyle. (1997). "American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America". New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
* Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (Ed.). (2005). "Ethnologue: Languages of the world" (15th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. (Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com).
* Greenberg, Joseph H. (1987). "Language in the Americas". Stanford: Stanford University Press.
* Kaufman, Terrence. (1994). The native languages of South America. In C. Mosley & R. E. Asher (Eds.), "Atlas of the world's languages" (pp. 46-76). London: Routledge.