Páez language
Páez (also Paez, Paes; or the autonym Nasa Yuwe 'Nasa language') is a language of Colombia, spoken by the Páez people. Crevels (2011) estimates 60,000 speakers out of an ethnic population of 140,000.
| Páez | |
|---|---|
| Nasa Yuwe | |
| Native to | Colombia |
| Region | Andes |
| Ethnicity | 243,000 Páez (2019 census) |
Native speakers | 60,000 (2012) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pbb |
| Glottolog | paez1247 |
| ELP | Paez |
| People | Nasa |
|---|---|
| Language | Nasa Yuwe |
The language is spoken by the second largest Colombian indigenous community, the Páez, in the north of the Cauca Department, in southwestern Colombia. However, the people had to move to other departments of Colombia like Huila, Tolima and Valle del Cauca.
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