Yameo

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A language of Peru

Alternate Names
Camuchivo, Lllameo, Masamae, Masamae Yameo, Mazan, Parara, Yaméo
User Population

No known L1 speakers. The last speaker died by the 1960s (Peña 2009).

Location

Loreto region: Amazon and Marañon rivers from mouth of Tigre river to Nanay river.

Language Status

10 (Extinct).

Typology

10 consonants and 8 vowels (4 oral, 4 nasal).

Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].