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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.



˜Paez Language Resources –

Paez Vocabulary:
    Our list of vocabulary words in the Paez language.
Idioma Paez:
    Overview of the Paez language including a phonological inventory and grammatical information. Page in Spanish.
Lengua Paes:
    Brief Paez language information in Spanish.
Ethnologue: Paez:
    Demographic information on the Paez language.
Páez:
    Wikipedia article on the Paez language.

˜Paez Culture and History –

Páez Culture:
    Article on the history and traditions of the Paez tribe.
Paez people:
    Encyclopedia articles on the Paez Indians.
Nasa Kiwe: La cultura Páez * Los Páez * Los nasa o la gente paez:
    Information about the Paez tribe in Spanish.



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