Kuna

E12670

Kuna is an indigenous Chibchan language spoken by the Guna (Kuna) people primarily in Panama and parts of Colombia.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kuna people 6
Kuna canonical 4
Kuna language 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American indigenous language
Chibchan language
indigenous language
alternativeName Cuna language
linked to: Guna language

Dulegaya
Guna language
basicWordOrder SOV
closelyRelatedTo Buglere language
Guaymí language
linked to: Guaymí
continent North America
country Colombia
Panama
ethnicGroup Guna people
linked to: Ngäbe people
glottologCode kuna1268
glottologName San Blas Kuna
hasDialects Border Kuna
San Blas Kuna
hasLoanwordsFrom English language
linked to: English

Spanish language
hasMorphologicalFeature postpositions instead of prepositions
rich verbal morphology
hasOrthography standardized Latin-based orthography
hasPhonologicalFeature nasalization
tone-like pitch accent
vowel length contrast
hasRegulatingBody Guna General Congress (language commission)
hasSociolinguisticFeature intergenerational transmission in many communities
strong community language loyalty
languageCodeISO639-2 cuk
languageCodeISO639-3 cuk
languageFamily Chibchan
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
region Central America
spokenBy Guna people
linked to: Ngäbe people

Kuna people
linked to: Kuna
spokenIn Colombia
Colombian Caribbean coast
Darién Province
Guna Yala
Madugandí
Panama
Wargandí
status vulnerable language
usedFor daily communication in Guna communities
ritual speech
traditional oral literature
usedInEducation bilingual education programs in Guna Yala
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Panama regionalLanguage Kuna
Kuna language spokenBy Kuna people
subject linked to: Kuna
linked to: Kuna
Isthmo-Colombian Area hasIndigenousGroup Kuna (Guna)
linked to: Kuna
Wargandí inhabitedBy Kuna people
linked to: Kuna
Guna General Congress (language commission) languageRegulated Kuna language
linked to: Kuna
Guna language alternateName Kuna language
linked to: Kuna
San Blas Kuna partOfLanguage Kuna language
linked to: Kuna
San Blas Kuna belongsTo Kuna language continuum
linked to: Kuna
Madugandí inhabitedBy Kuna people
linked to: Kuna
Kunegunda hasDiminutive Kuna
Guna people alsoKnownAs Kuna people
linked to: Kuna
Guna alternativeName Kuna
Dulegaya spokenBy Kuna people
linked to: Kuna
Caribbean coast of Panama hasIndigenousPeople Kuna people
linked to: Kuna