Mashco Piro language

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Mashco Piro
Nomole
Native to Peru
Ethnicity Mashco Piro
Native speakers
200 (2012) [1]
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 cuj
Glottolog mash1270
ELP Mashco Piro

Mashco Piro is a poorly attested [2] [3] Arawakan language spoken in Peru, by the Mashco Piro or Nomole (meaning 'brothers' or 'countrymen' in Mashco Piro and Yine). It is very similar to the Piro (Yine), with an estimated 60% inherent intelligibility. [1] Kaufman considered it a dialect of Piro; Aikhenvald suggests it may rather be a dialect of Iñapari. [4] [5] According to the Yine, the language of the Mashco Piro is more archaic than modern Yine, and is about 80% comprehensible with it. [6]

Language documentation is limited, since the Mashco Piro are highly nomadic hunter-gatherers [1] who avoid contact with outsiders.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Mashco Piro at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. ↑ Parker, Steve (2015). "A preliminary wordlist of Mashco Piro" (PDF). GIALens. 9 (1): 1–13.
  3. ↑ Parker, Steve. "A fragmentary sketch of Mashco Piro phonology, or, Mom, look what I can do with just 24 items!". GIALens.
  4. ↑ Dixon, R. M. W., ed. (1999). The Amazonian languages. Cambridge language surveys (1. publ ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 68. ISBN   978-0-521-57021-3.
  5. ↑ "Piro Language and the Piro Indian Tribe (Mashco Piro, Cujareño)". www.native-languages.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  6. ↑ "An Isolated Tribe Is Emerging From Peru's Amazonian Wilderness". Science. 2025-03-15. Archived from the original on March 15, 2025. Retrieved 2025-03-15.


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