Chayahuita language

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The Chayahuita language is an indigenous Cahuapanan language spoken by the Chayahuita people of the Peruvian Amazon.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chayahuita language canonical 3

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazonian language
Cahuapanan language
indigenous language
language
belongsTo indigenous languages of Peru
country Peru
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Chayahuita people
hasAlternativeName Chayahuita-Shawi
linked to: Chayahuita

Chayawita
Chayhuita
linked to: Chayahuita

Shawi
Shayabit
Shayawita
hasCulturalRole marker of Chayahuita ethnic identity
hasDomain local trade and daily communication
traditional rituals
hasGlottocode chay1248
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order
agglutinative language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasalization
rich vowel system
hasStandardizedOrthography true
ISO639-3Code cbt
isProtectedBy Peruvian legislation on indigenous languages
isRegulatedBy Peruvian Ministry of Education
isSubjectOf Cahuapanan comparative studies
isTaughtAs mother tongue in bilingual schools
languageFamily Cahuapanan language family
languageStatus living language
region Loreto Region
San Martín Region
spokenBy Chayahuita people
spokenIn Peru
Peruvian Amazon
subclassOf Cahuapanan languages
usedIn education in indigenous communities
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cahuapanan hasSubgroup Chayahuita language
Jebero language closelyRelatedTo Chayahuita language
Cahuapanan peoples hasLanguage Chayahuita language