Chamicuro is a Southern Arawakan language spoken along the Pampa Hermosa River, a tributary of the Huallaga River in the Loreto region of northern Peru. In 2011 there were 8 speakers of Chamicuro, all of whom were elderly. By 2018 there were no known native speakers of the language.
Chamicuro was an officially recognised language in the area where it was spoken. Documentation of Chamicuro includes a dictionary, grammar and some texts. The language is also known as Chamekolo, Chamicolo or Chamicura.
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Chamekolo ti kana inen kana kati isepijte kana ichi'nachtale shanaye. Yusmus kana kati chyajpechi iso'no. Masha kajsoneye itako kana kainejko. Is̈hwisyo kana kati paspatali musta.
Source: https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_ccc_vertxt-1/page/n1
Information about Chamicuro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamicuro_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamicuro
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Língua_chamicuro
http://www.native-languages.org/chamicuro.htm
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ccc
http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/ccc?hl=es
Achagua, Apurinã, Arawak, Asháninka, Ashéninka, Baniwa, Baniwa of Guainía, Baure, Caquinte, Chamicuro, Curripaco, Garifuna, Iñapari, Machiguenga, Nanti, Nomatsiguenga, Palikúr, Paraujuano, Paresi, Pauna, Piapoco, Taíno, Tariana, Terêna, Wapishana, Wayuu, Yanesha', Yine, Yucuna
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page last modified: 23.04.21
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