Siona language
| Siona | |
|---|---|
| Gantëya coca | |
| Native to | Colombia, Ecuador |
| Region | Putumayo River |
| Ethnicity | Siona people, Teteté people |
Native speakers | (500 cited 2000–2008) |
Tucanoan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:snn – Sionateb – Teteté |
| Glottolog | sion1247 |
| ELP | Baicoca-Siecoca (shared) |
Siona (otherwise known as Bain Coca, Pioje, Pioche-Sioni, Ganteyabain, Ganteya, Ceona, Zeona, Koka, Kanú) is a Tucanoan language of Colombia and Ecuador. Ecuadorian Siona and Colombian Siona, as well as Secoya, have a high level of mutual intelligibility, but have some lexical, morphological, and phonological differences between them.
As of 2013, Siona is spoken by about 550 people. The Teteté dialect (Eteteguaje) is extinct.