Sharanahua | Ethnologue

A language of Peru

ISO 639: mcd
Alternate Names: Sharanawa
Autonym: Sharanahuan tsain
Population: 490 in Peru (2007 census). 300 Mastanahua (2000 SIL). 320 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 490 (2007 census). Total users in all countries: 499.
Location:: Madre de Dios and Ucayali regions: upper Purús river area.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Panoan, Mainline, Tri-State
Dialects: Marinahua (Marinawa), Chandinahua, Mastanahua. Reportedly similar to Yaminahua [yaa] Chitonahua dialect and Yora [mts].
Typology: SOV; 15 consonants and 8 vowels (4 oral, 4 nasal).
Language Use: Home on Purus River. Used by all. Some also use Spanish [spa], especially at home by those who intermarry and those with schooling. Used as L2 by Amahuaca [amc].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–10%. Bilingual education program (Crevels 2007). Taught in primary schools. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1996–2008.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Sharanahua
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Christian.

Brazil

Location: Acre state: Cruzeiro do Sul municipality, on Rio Humaitá off Juará river; Marináwa, along the upper Envira, tributary of the Tarauacá.
Dialects: Marinahua (Marináwa), Chandinahua.
Language Status: 8b (Nearly extinct)
Other Comments: Non-indigenous.

Location: Madre de Dios and Ucayali regions: upper Purús river area.