Cahuapanan languages

Cahuapanan
Kawapanan
Geographic distribution:	Peru
Linguistic classification:	Macro-Jibaro ? Cahuapanan
Subdivisions:	Chayahuita Jebero
Ethnologue code:	17-2508

The Cahuapanan languages include two languages, Chayahuita and Jebero. They are spoken by more than 11,300 people in Peru. Chayahuita is spoken by most of that number, but Jebero is almost extinct.

• Chayahuita (also known as Balsapuertino, Cahuapa, Chawi, Chayabita, Chayawita, Chayhuita, Tshaahui, Paranapura, Shayabit)
  • Chayahuita dialect
  • Cahuapana dialect
• Jebero (also known as Chebero, Xebero, Xihuila)

Kaufman (2007) includes Urarina and Puelche from the Macro-Jivaro proposal in this branch.

References

• Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: KAWAPANA[1]
• Valenzuela Bismarck, Pilar, 2011, Contribuciones para la reconstrucción del proto-cahuapana: Comparación léxica y gramatical de las lenguas jebero y chayahuita. In W.F.H. Adelaar, P. Valenzuela Bismarck & R. Zariquiey Biondi (eds.), Estudios en lenguas andinas y amazónicas. Homenaje a Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino, pp. 271-304. Lima: Fondo Editorial Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.