Kallawaya language

Kallawaya
Kallawaya
Pohena, Qollahuaya
Machaj juyay
Native to	Bolivia
Region	La Paz Department: Charazani; highlands north of Lake Titicaca
Ethnicity	Kallawaya
Native speakers	none
Language family	mixed Puquina–Quechua Kallawaya;
Official status
Official language in	Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	caw
Glottolog	call1235
ELP	Kallawaya

Kallawaya is a secret language used in Bolivia by a group of traditional healers. The language combines words from Puquina, a language that is no longer spoken, and grammar from Quechua, the main language spoken in the region. The speakers call the language Machaj Juyai.^[3]

References

↑ Kallawaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ "Constitución política del Estado" (PDF) (in Spanish). Gaceta Oficial de Bolivia. 2009-02-07. p. 2. Retrieved 23 November 2022. Artículo 5.1: Son idiomas oficiales del Estado el castellano y todos los idiomas de las naciones y pueblos indígena originario [sic] campesinos, que son el aymara, [...], machajuyai-kallawaya, [...] y zamuco.
↑ Loza, CarmenBeatriz (February 5, 2019). "The secrets of Machaj Juyai-Kallawaya". The UNESCO Courier. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023. Retrieved 2025-01-30.

[e18-1] Kallawaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Consti-2] "Constitución política del Estado" (PDF) (in Spanish). Gaceta Oficial de Bolivia. 2009-02-07. p. 2. Retrieved 23 November 2022. Artículo 5.1: Son idiomas oficiales del Estado el castellano y todos los idiomas de las naciones y pueblos indígena originario [sic] campesinos, que son el aymara, [...], machajuyai-kallawaya, [...] y zamuco.

[3] Loza, CarmenBeatriz (February 5, 2019). "The secrets of Machaj Juyai-Kallawaya". The UNESCO Courier. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023. Retrieved 2025-01-30.

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