Cayubaba language
| Cayubaba | |
|---|---|
| Kayuvava | |
| Native to | Bolivia |
| Region | Beni Department |
| Ethnicity | 2,203 Cayubaba people (2012) |
Native speakers | 12 (main language), 1,246 (learned in childhood) (2012) |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Bolivia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cyb |
| Glottolog | cayu1262 |
| ELP | Cayuvava |
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Cayubaba (Cayuvava, Cayuwaba, Kayuvava) is a moribund language of the Bolivian Amazon. The Cayubaba people inhabit the Beni region to the west of the Mamoré River, North of the Santa Ana Yacuma, with a population of 794 inhabitants.
Since the declaration of the Supreme Decree N.º 25894 on September 11, 2000, Cayubaba has been one of the official indigenous languages of Bolivia, which was included in the Political Constitution, which was introduced on February 7, 2009.