Chamicuro language

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Chamicuro is a dormant (documented but not used by any native speakers) South American language formerly spoken in Peru.^[1] The language was used by the Chamicuro people who were around one hundred people. The Chamicuros live on a tributary of the Huallaga river, in Peru, in an area called Pampa Hermosa, meaning beautiful plains.

As with all native languages in Peru, Chamicuro was by default an official language in the area in which it is spoken. A Chamicuro dictionary has been created by the citizens, however no children can speak the language as they have shifted to Spanish.

There is controversy in regards to whether Aguano is the same language, which one study (Ruhlen 1987) says it is, or the Chamicuros disputed this (Wise, 1987), although this may be for cultural reasons and the languages may actually be intelligible, but the different people do not relate to one another and maintain different names and connotations between their language or languages.

Phonology[]

Chamicuro has 5 vowels: /a, e, i, o, u/. All vowels have both short and long forms.^[2]

See also[]

• Language death

References[]

For a list of words relating to Chamicuro language, see the Chamicuro language category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.