Candoshi-Shapra language
Candoshi-Shapra | |
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Kandozi-Chapra | |
Shapra | |
Native to | Peru |
Ethnicity | 3,000 (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 1,120 (2007)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cbu |
Glottolog | cand1248 |
ELP | Candoshi |
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Candoshi-Shapra (also known as Candoshi, Candoxi, Kandoshi, Kandozi-Chapra,[2] 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. There are two dialects, Chapara (also spelled Shapra) and Kandoashi (Kandozi). It is an official language of Peru, like other native languages in the areas in which they are spoken and are the predominant language in use. Around 88.5 percent of the speakers are bilingual with Spanish. The literacy rate in Candoshi-Shapra is 10 to 30 percent and 15 to 25 percent in the second language Spanish. There is a Candoshi-Shapra dictionary, and grammar rules have been codified.
Distribution
Kandozi is spoken to the southeast of the main Chapra area. It is spoken along the
Classification
Candoshi is not closely related to any living language. It may be related to the extinct and poorly attested language
Among modern languages, Loukotka (1968),[3] followed by Tovar (1984), connected Candoshi with Taushiro (Pinche). Kaufman (1994) tentatively proposed a Kandoshi–Omurano–Taushiro language family, with Candoshi the most distant of the trio. However, Kaufman (2007) placed Omurano and Taushiro but not Candoshi in Saparo–Yawan.
David Payne (1981) proposes that Candoshi is related to
Jolkesky (2016) classifies Candoshi-Shapra as a Macro-Arawakan language.[4]
Language contact
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the
Further reading
- Tuggy, J. C. (1966). Vocabulario candoshi de Loreto. (Serie Lingüística Peruana, 2). Yarinacocha: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
References
- ^ a b Candoshi-Shapra at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ ISBN 978-3-11-041940-5.
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ^ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Doutorado em Linguística. Universidade de Brasília.
- ^ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho de Valhery (2016). Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas (Ph.D. dissertation) (2 ed.). Brasília: University of Brasília.
Further reading
- Fabre, Alain (2005). "Candoshi". Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos (PDF).
- Payne, David Lawrence (1981). "Bosquejo fonológico del Proto-Shuar-Candoshi: evidencias para una relación genética". Revista del Museo Nacional. 45. Lima, Perú: Órgano del museo nacional de la cultura peruana: 323–377.
External links
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- ELAR Collection: Documentation of Kandozi and Chapra (Candoshi-Shapra) in Loreto, Peru deposited by Simon Overall