Cofán language
| Cofán | |
|---|---|
| Aʼingae | |
| Native to | Ecuador, Colombia |
| Region | Sucumbíos Province, Nariño Department, Putumayo Department |
| Ethnicity | Cofán people |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2012) |
| Latin script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | con |
| Glottolog | cofa1242 |
| ELP | Cofán |
Cofán in Ecuador is classified as Definitely Endangered and Cofán in Colombia is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Cofán or Kofán, known in the language itself as Aʼingae, is the primary language of the Cofán people, an indigenous group whose ancestral territory lies at the interface between the Andean foothills and Amazonia in the northeast of Ecuador (Sucumbíos province) and southern Colombia (Putumayo & Nariño provinces), who call themselves the Aʼi. Although still robustly learned by children in Ecuadorian communities, Cofán is considered an 'endangered' language with estimates of around 1,500 native speakers.