Awa Pit language
| Awa Pit | |
|---|---|
| Cuaiquer | |
| Awa Pit | |
| Native to | Colombia, Ecuador |
| Ethnicity | 15,000 Awa-Kwaiker (2007) |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2008) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kwi |
| Glottolog | awac1239 |
| ELP | Awa Pit |
Awapit is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger Awa Cuaiquer is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Awa Pit, otherwise known as Cuaiquer (Coaiquer, Cuayquer, Kwaiker, Kwayquer, etc.), is a Barbacoan language. Awa Pit is classified by UNESCO as a severely endangered language. The Awa Pit language has a subject–object–verb structure and has adopted the Latin script. Grammatically, Awa Pit uses a characteristic conjunct/disjunct system of verb suffixes for person-marking.