Mashco Piro language
| Mashco Piro | |
|---|---|
| Cujareño | |
| Nomole | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Ethnicity | Nomole |
Native speakers | 200 (2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cuj |
| Glottolog | mash1270 |
| ELP | Mashco Piro |
Mashco Piro is an Arawakan language spoken in Peru, by the Mashco Piro or Nomole (meaning 'brothers' or 'countrymen' in Mashco Piro and Yine). It is also called Cujareño. It is very similar to the Piro (Yine), with an estimated 60% inherent intelligibility.[1] Kaufman considered it a dialect of Piro; Aikhenvald suggests it may rather be a dialect of Iñapari.[2][3] According to the Yine, the language of the Mashco Piro is more archaic than modern Yine, and is about 80% comprehensible with it.[4]
Language documentation is limited, since the Nomole are highly nomadic hunter-gatherers[1] who avoid contact with outsiders. The name Cujareño has been associated with the Panoan languages, though without much evidence.
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Mashco Piro at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Dixon, R. M. W., ed. (1999). The Amazonian languages. Cambridge language surveys (1. publ ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-521-57021-3.
- ^ "Piro Language and the Piro Indian Tribe (Mashco Piro, Cujareño)". www.native-languages.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ^ "An Isolated Tribe Is Emerging From Peru's Amazonian Wilderness". Science. 2025-03-15. Archived from the original on March 15, 2025. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
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