Chayahuita

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Chayahuita is an indigenous language of the Peruvian Amazon, spoken by the Chayahuita (Shawi) people and belonging to the Cahuapanan language family.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chayahuita canonical 2
Chayahuita-Shawi 1
Chayhuita 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazonian language ⓘ
Cahuapanan language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
language of Peru ⓘ
alternateName Shawi ⓘ
belongsTo Cahuapanan language family ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
endangeredStatus definitely endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup Chayahuita people ⓘ
Shawi people ⓘ
hasAlternateSpelling Chayawita ⓘ
Shawi language ⓘ
linked to: Shiwiar language
hasCulturalAssociation Chayahuita oral literature ⓘ
Chayahuita traditional knowledge ⓘ
hasDialects varieties along different river communities ⓘ
hasGlottocode chay1248 ⓘ
hasLanguagePolicy subject to intercultural bilingual education policy in Peru ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch descriptive grammars ⓘ
lexical studies ⓘ
phonological analyses ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasalization ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity riverine settlements ⓘ
ISO639-3 cbt ⓘ
languageFamily Cahuapanan ⓘ
languageStatus vulnerable ⓘ
linguisticArea Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
macroArea South America ⓘ
morphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
primaryWordOrder SOV ⓘ
recognizedBy Ministry of Education of Peru ⓘ
region Cahuapanas River basin ⓘ
Huallaga River basin ⓘ
Paranapura River basin ⓘ
relatedTo Jebero ⓘ
spokenIn Loreto Region ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
Peruvian Amazon ⓘ
San Martín Region ⓘ
usedBy indigenous communities in Loreto ⓘ
indigenous communities in San Martín ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
traditional rituals ⓘ
usedIn bilingual education programs in Peru ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Cahuapanan → hasMemberLanguage → Chayahuita ⓘ
Chayahuita language → hasAlternativeName → Chayhuita ⓘ
linked to: Chayahuita
Chayahuita language → hasAlternativeName → Chayahuita-Shawi ⓘ
linked to: Chayahuita
Shawi → hasAlternativeName → Chayahuita ⓘ