Cocama-Cocamilla
[aka Cocama, Kokama, Kukama-Kukamiria]Classification: Tupian
·critically endangered
Classification: Tupian
·critically endangered
Cocama, Kokama, Kukama-Kukamiria, Ucayali, Xibitoana, Huallaga, Pampadeque, Pandequebo, Xibitaona, Kokama-Kokamilya, Kokáma-Omágwa, Kukama Kukamiria, Cocama Cocamilla |
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Tupian, Tupi-Guaranian, Tupi |
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Information from: “Integrating Language Documentation, Language Preservation, and Linguistic Research: Working with the Kokamas from the Amazon” . Rosa Vallejos (2015)
20,000-25,000
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"Perhaps the most reasonable calculation for today’s total Kokama population would be between 20,000
and 25,000, including people who no longer speak the language... only about 5% (an estimated 1,000 individuals) of the total population speaks the language; the majority have already shifted to Spanish."
"The remaining speakers are elderly people spread across small villages. Adults in their 40s and 50s show only passive knowledge: they are able to understand what is being said in the language, but are not able to produce
even simple messages. [The] remaining speakers use the language to speak amongst themselves, but only in very restricted situations, such as traditional events and intimate meetings."
Spanish
"So far, only a few materials for language education have been produced in Kokama by institutions like
FORMABIAP [Programa de Formación de Maestros Bilingues de la Amazonía Peruana], but this initiative is by no means part of a plan by the government to protect endangered languages."
"The Kokama people live in the Peruvian Amazon, approximately between 3 ̊ to 5 ̊ south latitude, and 73 ̊ to 76 ̊ west longitude. Kokama communities are located on the upper Amazon River and several of its major tributaries, including the Huallaga, Marañon, Ucayali, Nanay, and Itaya rivers. The estimated 120 Kokama villages are located in the Peruvian department of Loreto, specifically in the provinces of Maynas, Alto Amazonas, Requena, Maquia and Ucayali. A considerable number of Kokamas now reside in cities within Loreto, such as Iquitos and Yurimaguas, and midsize towns like Lagunas, Nauta, Requena, among others."
Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
~15,770 in Peru and Colombia
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~250 speakers in Peru and Colombia. There may be more speakers in Brazil
In Colombia, the language is moribund. In Peru, the youngest speakers are over 40 years old.
Castellano Sharapa
Most members of the Cocama-Cocamilla group have switched to Castellano Sharapa.
Peru: along the Huallaga, Lower Maranon, Lower Ucayali, Amazonas, and Lower Nanay rivers.
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
There are 2,000 speakers in Peru (W. Adelaar 2000). Few are monolinguals. The ethnic population in Peru is 15,000 (W. Adelaar 2000).
250 in Peru (Crevels 2007). Few monolinguals. Ethnic population: 15,000 (Crevels 2007) (2013).
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)” . Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig · Dallas, Texas: SIL International
15,000
250 in Peru (Crevels 2007); ethnic population: 15,000 (Crevels 2007).
Loreto Region, northeast lower Ucayali, lower Marañon, and Huallaga rivers area.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
16,320
250 Peru; 620 Brazil; possibly a few semi-speakers Colombia.
In Peru: Loreto region: Huallaga, lower Marañon, and northeast lower Ucayali rivers’ area.
In Brazil: Amazonas state: Rio Solimões region, Terra Indígena Acapuri de Cima, Terra Indígena Espírito Santo, Terra Indígena Evaré I, Terra Indígena Kokama.
In Coplombia: Amazonas department: Ronda Island in Amazon River opposite Leticia city, and in Naranjales, Palmeras, and San José villages.
Information from: “Base de Datos de Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios” . Ministerio de Cultura
Spoken in the basins of the Marañón, Tigre, Urituyacu, and Huallaga rivers, in the provinces of Alto Amazonas, Requena, and Loreto, in the region of Loreto, Peru.