Cahuapanan languages
The Cahuapanan languages are a language family spoken in the Amazon basin of northern Peru. They include two languages, Chayahuita and Jebero, which are spoken by more than 11,300 people. Chayahuita is spoken by most of that number, but Jebero is almost extinct.
Language contact
Jolkesky notes that there are lexical similarities with the Quechuan, Arawakan, Candoshi-Shapra, Puquina, and Cariban language families due to contact.Varieties
- Chayahuita or Chawi
- * Chayahuita dialect
- * Cahuapana dialectJebero
Other Cahuapanan varieties that are listed by Loukotka :
- Yamorai - spoken on the Sillai River in Loreto Department
- Ataguate - extinct language of the same region, once spoken on the Aipena River and around Lake Atagua
- Pamdabegue - once spoken on the Aipena River and Paranapura River in Loreto Department
- Miguira - extinct language once spoken in the single village of Maucallacta on the Paranapura River