Mashco Piro

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A language of Peru

ISO 639-3
cuj
Alternate Names
Cujareno, Cujareño, Nomole, “Mashco” (pej.)
User Population

200 (Crevels 2012). 60 monolinguals.

Location

Madre de Dios region: Purús province; Upper Purús area.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Maipurean, Southern, Southern Outlier, Piro, Piro
Dialects

None known. About 60% inherent intelligibility of Yine [pib].

Language Use

Some young people, all adults.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mashco Piro
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Highly nomadic.