Mashco Piro language explained

Nomole-Piro (Archaic form of Yine)
Nativename:Cujareño
States:Peru
Ethnicity:Nomole
Speakers:200
Date:2012
Ref:e25
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Arawakan
Fam2:Southern
Fam3:Piro
Iso3:cuj
Glotto:mash1270
Glottorefname:Nomole

Nomole-Piro is an Arawakan language spoken in Peru. It is also called Cujareño. It is very similar to the Piro, with an estimated 60% inherent intelligibility. Kaufman considered it a dialect of Piro; Aikhenvald suggests it may rather be a dialect of Iñapari.[1]

Language documentation is limited, since the Nomole are highly nomadic hunter-gatherers who avoid contact with outsiders. The name Cujareño has been associated with the Panoan languages, though without much evidence.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Piro Language and the Piro Indian Tribe (Mashco Piro, Cujareño) . 2022-04-21 . www.native-languages.org . 2022-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220421142756/http://www.native-languages.org/piro.htm . live .