Cayubaba language

Cayubaba (Cayuvava, Cayuwaba, Kayuvava) is a moribund language of the Bolivian Amazon. The Cayubaba people inhabit the Beni region to the west of the Mamoré River, North of the Santa Ana Yacuma, with a population of 794 inhabitants.

Cayubaba
Kayuvava
Native to	Bolivia
Region	Beni Department
Ethnicity	650 (2006)
Native speakers	0 (2012)
Language family	Language isolate
Official status
Official language in	Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`cyb`
Glottolog	`cayu1262`
ELP	Cayuvava

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Since the declaration of the Supreme Decree N.º 25894 on September 11, 2000, Cayubaba has been one of the official indigenous languages of Bolivia, which was included in the Political Constitution, which was introduced on February 7, 2009.

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