Kashinawa | Ethnologue

A language of Peru

ISO 639: cbs
Alternate Names: Cashinahua, Caxinahua, Caxinawá, Hantxa Kuin, Juni Kuin, Kashinahua, Kaxinawá, Kaxynawa
Autonym: Hãtxa Kuī
Population: 2,420 in Peru (2007 census). Ethnic population: 2,420 (1999 census). Total users in all countries: 7,420.
Location:: Ucayali region: Curanja and Purus rivers.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Panoan, Mainline, Tri-State
Dialects: None known. Possibly most similar to Sharanahua [mcd].
Typology: SOV; postpositions; genitives before noun heads; articles, adjectives after noun heads; question word initial; 7 prefixes, 3 suffixes; ergative; 14 consonants and 4 vowels; lexical tone.
Language Use: All children acquire the language and learn to read and write in bilingual schools (Crevels 2007). Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa], and up to 10% have routine proficiency in it.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 40%. Literacy rate in L2: 20%–30%. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1980–2008.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Kashinawa
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.

Brazil

Location: Acre and Amazonas states. Along the Purus, Jordão, Envira, and Juruá rivers, in the towns of Santa Rosa do Purus, Manuel Urbano, Rio Branco, and Jordão.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened)

Location: Ucayali region: Curanja and Purus rivers.