Cha’palaa is a Barbacoan language spoken by about 5,870 Chachi people in the province of Esmeraldas in the northwest of Ecuador. In particular, it is spoken along the Cayapas River in the Cotacachi Cayapas Reserve in the southeast of Esmeraldas. Many eldery people, woman, and those who live in remote areas are monolingual in Cha’palaa.
Cha’palaa is also known as Cha’palaachi, Chachi or Cayapa. Cha’palaa means 'the language of the Chachi people'. The people who speak Cha’palaa used to be known as 'Cayapas', but in 1978 they decided to call themselves 'Chachis', which means 'people' in their language. Cha’palaa is written with the Latin alphabet.
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Naaju chachilla bain mu' chachilla bain na kayatu tichiba bulla jutyu naakendya'ba kenu deechu taa na kayamu deju, tsenminya naaju juñu bain ne tsaave ti' uukavinu jutyu naa ti deechu juuchi bain, mubain mubain tsaren dejuve, tsenmin shilli pensangenupude deju' mitya, tsenmin usa' kendu bain ura' kendyu' bain mide' mitya muba mu bain veta' veta' ura' keewaawaa kenuu dejuve.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
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Information about Cha’palaa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha’palaachi_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayapa
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayapa
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioma_cha%27palaachi
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADngua_cha%27palaachi
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Чапалачи
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/chac1249
http://www.language-archives.org/language/cbi
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/cbi
https://nacionalidadchachis.blogspot.com/p/idioma-cha-palaa.html
https://flacso.edu.ec/lenguas-culturas/lenguas/chapalaa/
Awa Pit, Cha'palaa(chi), Guambiano, Tsafiki
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page last modified: 05.07.26
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