CCC ISO 639-3
Chamicuro
Chamekolo Autonym
A language of Peru
- ISO 639
- ccc
- Alternate Names
- Chamicolo, Chamicura
- Autonym
- Chamekolo
- Population
- No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker died in the early 2000s (2018 S. Parker). Ethnic population: 100 (2015 S. Parker). Virtually all inhabitants of Pampa Hermosa are ethnic Chamicuro.
- Location:
- Loreto region: Pampa Hermosa on Huallaga tributary.
- Language Status
- 9 (Dormant).
- Classification
- Maipurean, Southern, Western
- Typology
- 19 consonants and 10 vowels (5 short, 5 long).
- Language Use
- Shifted to Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Chamicuro
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Many Chamicuro were dislocated to the Yavarà and Napo Rivers and to Brazil (Adelaar and Muysken 2004).
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Loreto region: Pampa Hermosa on Huallaga tributary.
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