Chamicuro
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A language of Peru
Alternate Names
Chamicolo, Chamicura
Autonym
Chamekolo
User Population
No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker died in the early 2000s (2018 S. Parker). Ethnic population: 100 (2015 S. Parker). Virtually all inhabitants of Pampa Hermosa are ethnic Chamicuro.
Location
Loreto region: Pampa Hermosa on Huallaga tributary.
Language Status
9 (Dormant).
Typology
19 consonants and 10 vowels (5 short, 5 long).
Language Use
Shifted to Spanish [spa].
Language Development
Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.
Many Chamicuro were dislocated to the Yavarí and Napo Rivers and to Brazil (Adelaar and Muysken 2004).