| Achagua | |
| Nativename: | Achawa |
| States: | Colombia |
| Ethnicity: | Achagua people |
| Speakers: | 250 |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Fam1: | Arawakan |
| Fam2: | Northern |
| Fam3: | Upper Amazon |
| Fam4: | Western Nawiki |
| Fam5: | Piapoko |
| Iso3: | aca |
| Iso3comment: | Achagua |
| Glotto: | acha1250 |
| Glottoname: | Achagua |
| Glotto2: | pona1251 |
| Glottoname2: | Ponares |
| Map: | Achagua.png |
Achagua, or Achawa (Achawa), is an Arawakan language spoken in the Meta Department of Colombia, similar to Piapoco. It is estimated that 250 individuals speak the language, many of whom also speak Piapoco or Spanish.
"Achagua is a language of the Maipurean Arawakan group traditionally spoken by the Achagua people of Venezuela and east-central Colombia."[1]
A "Ponares" language is inferred from surnames, and may have been Achawa or Piapoco.
There is 1 to 5% literacy in Achagua.
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Trill | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Low | pronounced as /link/ |