Mashco Piro language
| Mashco Piro | |
|---|---|
| Cujareño | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Ethnicity | Mashco Piro |
Native speakers | (20–100 cited 1976)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cuj |
| Glottolog | mash1270 |
| ELP | Mashco Piro |
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.
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
- ^ a b c Mashco Piro at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
