Isconahua

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A language of Peru

Alternate Names
Iscobaquebu, Iskobákebo, Iskonawa
User Population

82 (2000).

Location

Loreto and Ucayali regions: Callaria river.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Dialects

None known. Most closely related to Shipibo [shp].

Language Use

Shifted to Shipibo-Conibo [shp].

Language Development

Dictionary.

Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

There are more speakers in voluntary isolation along the Alto Callería, Utuquinía and Abujao Rivers and their tributaries.