Candoshi-Shapra is a language isolate of western South America, spoken along the Chapuli, Huitoyacu, Pastaza and Morona river valleys of Peru by an ethnic population of about 3,000, with roughly 1,120 native speakers as of 2007. It has two main dialects, Chapara, also called Shapra, and Kandoashi, also called Kandozi, spoken to the southeast of the main Chapra-speaking area, and it holds official status in Peru; a dictionary and codified grammar exist despite the small speaker base. About 88.5 percent of speakers are also bilingual in Spanish.
Facts
RegionWestern South America, along the Chapuli, Huitoyacu, Pastaza and Morona river valleys of Peru. 1 Proto-Language StatusConsidered a language isolate not closely related to any living language. Proposed links include the poorly attested extinct language Chirino, a Kandoshi-Omurano-Taushiro grouping (Kaufman 1994), a Shuar-Candoshi family with Jivaroan (David Payne), and classification as Macro-Arawakan (Jolkesky 2016), none demonstrated. 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: Candoshi-Shapra Language
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Candoshi-Shapra (also known as Candoshi, Candoxi, Kandoshi, Kandozi-Chapra, and Murato) is an indigenous American language isolate, spoken by several thousand people in western South America along the Chapuli, Huitoyacu, Pastaza, and Morona river valleys.
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in western South America along the Chapuli, Huitoyacu, Pastaza, and Morona river valleys.
Classification section, first sentence
Candoshi is not closely related to any living language.
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