CUJ ISO 639-3
Mashco Piro
A language of Peru
- ISO 639
- cuj
- Alternate Names
- Cujareno, Cujareño, Nomole, “Mashco” (pej.)
- Population
- 200 (Crevels 2012). 60 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Madre de Dios region: Purús province; Upper Purús area.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened).
- Classification
- Maipurean, Southern, Southern Outlier, Piro, Piro
- Dialects
- None known. About 60% inherent intelligibility of Yine [pib].
- Language Use
- Some young people, all adults.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Mashco Piro
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
- Other Comments
- Highly nomadic.
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Location: Madre de Dios region: Purús province; Upper Purús area.
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