Tinigua language
| Tinigua | |
|---|---|
| Tiniguas | |
| Tinigʷa | |
| Pronunciation | [tinigʷa] |
| Native to | Colombia |
| Region | Meta Department, Colombia; Serranía de la Macarena, Colombia |
| Ethnicity | (undated figure of 1) |
Native speakers | 1 (2019) |
Tiniguan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tit |
| Glottolog | tini1245 |
| ELP | Tinigua |
Tinigua (Tiniguas) is an endangered Tiniguan language spoken in Colombia that used to form a small language family with the now-extinct Pamigua language.
The name "Tinigua" comes from the words tiní 'old' and gwá 'as, like' and thus means 'language of the old'.