Cashibo language

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Yora
Spoken in: Peru 
Region: Aguaytía, San Alejandro, and Súngaro rivers
Total speakers: 5,000
Language family: American
 Panoan, Western
  Yora
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: cbr

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.

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