Ocaina
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Ocaina chief, 1924 | |
Total population | |
137 (2012) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Peru, Colombia | |
Languages | |
Ocaina |

The Ocainas are an Amazonian indigenous people of Peru and Colombia, who are today in danger of extinction. There were 176 of them in 2012.[1] They are one of the many Indigenous populations who still speak their original language, being Ocaina, a Witotoan language. In Amazonia, there are only 50 people who still speak Ocaina.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Crevels, Mily (2012-01-13), Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (eds.), "Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking", The Indigenous Languages of South America, DE GRUYTER, pp. 167–234, doi:10.1515/9783110258035.167, ISBN 978-3-11-025513-3, retrieved 2025-03-23
Bibliography
[edit]- Blixen, Olaf (1999). Tradiciones ocainas. Buenos Aires: Ciudad Argentina : [Fundación Centro de Estudios Políticos y Administrativos]. ISBN 978-987-507-105-6.