MYR ISO 639-3
Muniche
A language of Peru
- ISO 639
- myr
- Alternate Names
- Munichi, Munichino, Otanabe, Otanave
- Population
- No known L1 speakers (Michael et al 2013). Three semi-speakers, ages 60–90; 10 remember but not fluent (Michael et al 2013). The last known fluent speaker, Victoria Huancho Icahuate, died in the late 1990s.
- Location:
- Loreto region: Paranapura river.
- Language Status
- 9 (Dormant).
- Classification
- Language isolate
- Typology
- 22 consonants and 5 vowels.
- Language Use
- Shifted to Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Grammar.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Muniche
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Loreto region: Paranapura river.
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