Omagua

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A language of Peru

ISO 639-3
omg
Alternate Names
Agua, Anapia, Ariana, Cambeba, Cambeeba, Cambela, Campeba, Canga-Peba, Compeva, Kambeba, Kambéba, Macanipa, Omagua-Yete, Omágua, Pariana, Umaua, Yhuata
User Population

2 in Peru (Crevels 2012). Ethnic population: 630 (2007 census).

Location

Loreto region: El Porvenir, Grau, San Joaquín de Omaguas, San Salvador de Omaguas, and other settlements on lower Marañón left bank, near Ucayali river mouth.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Tupian, Tupí-Guaraní, Tupí, Cocama
Dialects

None known. Reportedly most similar to Cocama-Cocamilla [cod].

Typology

13 consonants and 5 vowels.

Language Use

Persons 40 years old used to understand their parents but do not speak the language themselves (Crevels 2007). Elderly only. Most shifted to Kukama-Kukamiria [cod]. Most shifted to Spanish [spa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Omagua
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

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