Muniche

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A language of Peru

Alternate Names
Munichi, Munichino, Otanabe, Otanave
User Population

No known L1 speakers (Michael et al 2013). Three semi-speakers, ages 60–90; 10 remember but not fluent (Michael et al 2013). The last known fluent speaker, Victoria Huancho Icahuate, died in the late 1990s.

Location

Loreto region: Paranapura river.

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Typology

22 consonants and 5 vowels.

Language Use

Shifted to Spanish [spa].

Writing

Latin script [Latn].