Endangered Languages Project - Candoshi

Candoshi

^{[aka Candoxi, Candoši, Kandoshi]}

Classification: Isolate

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Candoxi, Candoši, Kandoshi, Murato, Maina, Candoshi-Shapra, Shapra, Roamaina, Kandozi-chapra, Chapra, Chapara
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, South American
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cbu
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Kandoshi Shapra
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,120-3,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
All of the ethnic group speaks the language.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

There's a language maintenance program as well as a bilingual education program.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Candoshi people take great pride in their culture and language

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Peru, between the west bank of the Morona and Pastaza rivers; a few along the Upper Chambira

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1120
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
3000

DATE OF INFO: 2007

PLACES: Peru

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Loreto region: Chapuli, Huitoyacu, Morona, and Pastaza rivers.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,900
Native speakers worldwide

SPEAKER ATTITUDE: Positive
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Candoshi people take great pride in their culture and language.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1981).

DATE OF INFO: 1981

PLACES: Peru;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Loreto Region, Morona, Pastaza, Huitoyacu, and Chapuli rivers.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Loreto Region, Morona, Pastaza, Huitoyacu, and Chapuli rivers.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide

Safe

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

TRANSMISSION
More on Orthography: The Ministry of Education, working with the Candoshi and Chapra people, created a standardized alphabet in 2013 (RD 281-2013-ED). It contains 29 letters.

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in the basins of the Chapuri, Morona, and Pastaza rivers, in the provinces of Datem del Marañón, Alto Amazonas, and Loreto, in the region of Loreto, Peru.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

-4.16666666667,-77.0

COORDINATES

-3.7107,-76.9042

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press