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Paez Indian Language (Nasa Yuwe)

Paez is a language of South America, spoken by about 60,000 people in Colombia. Though the Paez language was believed in the past to be linked to the Barbacoan and/or Chibchan language families, today it is thought to be a language isolate, not known to be related to any other living language. (Two extinct languages, Panzaleo/Quito and Alauxi, may have been related, but both are too little-attested to be sure of this.) Paez is a polysynthetic language and uses SOV word order.

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Paez Language Resources

Paez Vocabulary:
Our list of vocabulary words in the Paez language.

Northern Colombia Language Map:
Map showing where in South America the Paez language is spoken.

Diccionario Nasa Yuwe:
Online Spanish-Paez glossary, with some audio clips of spoken words.

Idioma Paez:
Overview of the Paez language including a phonological inventory and grammatical information. Page in Spanish.

Human Rights: Paez:
Translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into Paez.

Paez Prayers:
Paez translation of the Lord's Prayer and other Christian prayers.

Lengua Paes:
Brief Paez language information in Spanish.

House of Languages: Páez:
Information about Paez language usage.

Ethnologue: Paez:
Demographic information on the Paez language.

Páez:
Wikipedia article on the Paez language.

Paez Language Tree:
Theories about Paez' language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Páez Language Structures:
Paez linguistic profile and academic bibliography.

The Bible in Paez:
Translation of the New Testament into the Paez language.

Paez Culture and History

Páez Culture:
Article on the history and traditions of the Paez tribe.

Links, References, and Additional Information

  Paez people:
  Encyclopedia articles on the Paez Indians.
  Nasa Kiwe: La cultura Páez

Los Páez

Los indios paez

Los nasa o la gente paez:
Information about the Paez tribe in Spanish.

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