Cashibo language
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Spoken in: | Peru | |
Region: | Aguaytía, San Alejandro, and Súngaro rivers | |
Total speakers: | 5,000 | |
Language family: | American Panoan, Western Yora |
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ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | — | |
ISO 639-3: | cbr | |
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. |
The Cashibo language (also called Caxibo, Cacibo, Cachibo, and Cahivo) is an indigenous language of Peru in the region of the Aguaytía, San Alejandro, and Súngaro rivers. It belongs to the Panoan linguistic family, which consists of 28 languages including Shipibo and Yora. According to the Ethnologue there were 5,000 speakers of Cashibo in 1999, but the language was vigorous in the communities.