Awa Pit language
| Cuaiquer | |
|---|---|
| Awa Pit | |
| Native to | Colombia, Ecuador |
| Ethnicity | 15,000 Awa-Kwaiker (2007) |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2008) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kwi |
| Glottolog | awac1239 |
| ELP | Awa Pit |
Awapit is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Awa Pit, otherwise known as Cuaiquer (Coaiquer, Cuayquer, Kwaiker, Kwayquer, etc.), is a Barbacoan language. Awa Pit is classified by UNESCO as a severely endangered language. The Awa Pit language has a subject–object–verb structure and has adopted the Latin script. Grammatically, Awa Pit uses a characteristic conjunct/disjunct system of verb suffixes for person-marking.