ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

South America · ISO 639-3 cbd · Glottocode cari1279

Carijona

Carijona brings into view a member of the Cariban family with nearly extinct status in South America, with Latin recorded as the likely script.

Language family
Cariban
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
nearly extinct
Macroarea
South America
Source country codes
CO
Reference point
1.219, -72.066

Open research question

Which current, community-led studies show where and in which domains Carijona is used and transmitted today?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.