Kulina

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Acre and Amazonas states: Juruá and Purus rivers.

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Peru

Language NameCulina

User Population

420 in Peru (2007 census), increasing. Primarily monolingual. Ethnic population: 420.

Location

Ucayali region: near Brazil border, upper Purus and Santa Rosa rivers.

Alternate Names

Kollina, Kulina, Kulino, Kulyna, Kurina, Madiha, Madihá, Madija

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Language Use

Vigorous. Two bilingual schools. All children acquire the language (Crevels 2007). Used by all. Some also use Spanish [spa] (Crevels 2007).

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: Over 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 1%–5%.

Other Comments

Christian.