Yagua

Facts

  • Language: Yagua
  • Alternate names: Nijyamïï Nikyejaada, Yahua, Llagua, Yava, Yegua, Yihamwo, Nijyamïï, Nikyejaada, Mishara, Yawa
  • Language code: yad
  • Language family: Yaguan (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 4,297
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Some go to urban centers like Iquitos for economic reasons, and occasionally to Brazil. Christian, traditional religion.

    Yagua is spoken in Peru, Colombia, South America.