Kukama-Kukamiria

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A language of Peru

Location

Loreto region: Huallaga, lower Marañon, and northeast lower Ucayali rivers’ area.

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Brazil

Language NameCocama-Cocamilla

User Population

Ethnic population: 620 (Moore 2006).

Location

Amazonas state: Rio Solimões region, Terra Indígena Acapuri de Cima, Terra Indígena Espírito Santo, Terra Indígena Evaré I, Terra Indígena Kokama.

Alternate Names

Cocama, Kocama, Kokama

Dialects

Cocama, Cocamilla (Kokamilla, Pambadeque), Xibitaona.

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Language Use

Most shifted to Portuguese [por].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Colombia

Language NameCocama-Cocamilla

User Population

No known L1 speakers in Colombia. Last known speakers in Colombia survived into the 1990s. Possibly only a few semi-speakers (Crevels 2007). Ethnic population: 3,220 (2018 census).

Location

Amazonas department: Ronda Island in Amazon River opposite Leticia city, and in Naranjales, Palmeras, and San José villages.

Alternate Names

Cocama, Inikana, Kokama

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Language Use

Shifted to Spanish [spa].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Intermarriage with Colombian mestizos, Tikunas, Yaguas, and Huitotos (2007 A. Pencue).

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Kukama-Kukamiria

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