Ika is a Chibchan language spoken by some 7,000 persons in northeastern Colombia. This grammar was written from a typological/functional perspective, which was found to provide a good framework for writing broadly useful, descriptive grammars.
[Alternate names for Ika: Arhuaco, Aruaco, Bintuk, BÃÂntukua, Bintucua, Ica, Ijca, Ijka, Ike. (source: Ethnologue: Languages of the World)]
