Endangered Languages Project - Shipibo

Shipibo

^{[aka Shipibo-Conibo, Shipibo-Konibo,]}

Classification: Pano-Tacanan

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Shipibo-Conibo, Shipibo-Konibo
CLASSIFICATION		Pano-Tacanan, Mainline
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		shp
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Shipibo Conibo Shetebo Pisquibo Capanahua (Kapanawa) of the Tapiche River
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Fleck (2013): Shipibo-Konibo is a single language with 3 dialects: Shipibo; Konibo (currently fused) and obsolescent Kapanawa of the Tapiche River (no longer spoken as an everyday language, but a few speakers remember it) (p. 11). Shipibo and Kapanawa of the Tapiche River share 90% of their vocabulary and have fewer phonological differences than American and British dialects of English (p. 17). The Kapanawas of the Tapiche River and the (Shipibo-)Konibos are so closely related linguistically that their separation must have taken place closer to 1600 a.d. (p. 21). .

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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
22,517
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
22,517

DATE OF INFO: 2007

PLACES: Peru

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Shipibo-Konibo

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
26,000
Native speakers worldwide

More on Orthography: In 2007, the Ministry of Education established an official alphabet (Resolución Directoral No 0337-2007-ED).

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in the basins of the Ucayali, Pisqui, Madre de Dios, and Rímac rivers and the Genepanshea ravine, in the departments of Huánuco, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Lima, in Peru.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
26,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(Unchanged 2016.)
(2013 unchanged).

Ethnologue (2016) lists Capanahua [kaq] as a distinct language: 50 (Crevels 2007), ethnic population: 350 (Crevels 2007). It is a dialect of Shipibo-Konibo (Fleck 2013).

DATE OF INFO: 2003 (SIL)

PLACES: Peru;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northeast middle Ucayali River area, Painaco, Requena, Sur Bolognesi, Pisqui (on the other side of Contamana).

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~16,100
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~16,100
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Despite many years of contact and their proximity to the city of Pucallpa, the Shipibo-Conibo have preserved their
language and culture.

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: on the banks of the Ucayali River

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
16,085
Native speakers worldwide

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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