Pacahuara language

Pacahuara
Spoken in Bolivia
Region Magdalena
Native speakers 17  (2000)
Language family
Pano–Tacanan
  • Panoan
    • Southern Panoan
      • Pacahuara
Language codes
ISO 639-3 pcp

Pacahuara (Pacawara) is a nearly extinct Panoan language spoken by only 17 of 18 Pacahuara people. The Pacahuara have been located to northwest of Magdalena, Beni, Bolivia and to Nueva Esperanza municipality, of Federico Román Province in Pando.[1] The Pacahuara are fully integrated with the Chácobo. Pacahuara, like 35 other indigenous languages, is recognized as an official language by the 2009 Bolivian Constitution.[2]

References

  1. ^ "CIDOB pedirá 54 mil hectáreas de tierras para el pueblo Pacahuara". Erbol Comunicaciones. 2011-05-05. http://www.erbol.com.bo/noticia.php?identificador=2147483944186. Retrieved 2011-05-28. 
  2. ^ First Part, Title I, Chapter One, Article 5: Model of State, Nueva Constitución Política del Estado, p. 3.

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