The Andoque language is an aboriginal language spoken by a few hundred Andoque

Andoque

Andoque are an indigenous people of Colombia. They live along the Aduche tributary of the Japurá River.- Language and culture :The Andoque language is an language isolate and is extinct in Peru...

 in Northern South America, and is in decline.

In 2000, there were 610 speakers in the area of the Anduche River, downstream from Aracuara, Amazonas, Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

; 50 were monolinguals. The language is no longer spoken in Peru. 80% of speakers are proficient in Spanish. It is a language isolate.

Genetic relations

Kaufman's (1994) Bora–Witótoan stock includes the Bóran and Witótoan (Huitoto-Ocaina) sub-families as well as Andoque. Richard Aschmann considers Andoque an isolate.

Joseph Greenberg

Joseph Greenberg

Joseph Harold Greenberg was a prominent and controversial American linguist, principally known for his work in two areas, linguistic typology and the genetic classification of languages.- Early life and career :...

 includes Bora–Uitoto within his Macro-Carib phylum.

External links

• Entry for Andoque at Rosetta Project
• Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: ANDOKEhttp://butler.cc.tut.fi/~fabre/BookInternetVersio/Dic=Andoke.pdf