Mashco Piro is an Arawakan language spoken in Peru. It is also called Cujareño. It is very similar to the Piro, 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]
| Mashco Piro | |
|---|---|
| Cujareño | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Ethnicity | Mashco Piro |
Native speakers | 200 (2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cuj |
| Glottolog | mash1270 |
| ELP | Mashco Piro |
Language documentation is limited, since the Mascho Piro 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)
- ^ "Piro Language and the Piro Indian Tribe (Mashco Piro, Cujareño)". www.native-languages.org. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
