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Capanahua or Kapanawa is a declining indigenous American language of the Panoan family spoken in western South America by
a few hundred aboriginal people. The language is spoken by the 400 strong Capanahua people, around the area of the Tapiche-Buncuya
river, where it is the official language. There is one dialect called Pahenbaquebo; and the closest related language is Shipibo
with which is shared 50 to 60 percent comprehensibility. If a Capanahua speaker talks to another Capanahua speaker in Spanish
it is considered insulting, and applying the stigmatizing label of outsider. The language is in decline, since there are few
speakers and almost no children can speak it. Capanahua is used in two bilingual schools, somewhat in other primary schools,
but not in secondary schools. There is 5 to 10 percent literacy in Spanish compared to 10 percent literacy in the native mother
tongue. The language has a written grammar, a dictionary, and uses Roman script when written. Capanahua speakers and people
are referred to derogatorily as Capachos. |
Names (more)[en] Capanahua language[fr] Capanahua [ru] Капанауа |
Language type : Living
Technical notes
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ISO 639 CodesISO 639-3 : kaqLinked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/kaqhttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:kaq More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: kaqFreebase ISO 639-3 : kaq GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |