Isconahua language

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Isconahua
Iscobaquebu
Native to Perú, Brazil
Native speakers
 82  (2000)[1]
Pano–Tacanan
  • Panoan
    • Amawak–Jaminawa
      • Isconahua
Language codes
ISO 639-3 isc

Isconahua or Iscobaquebu is an indigenous American language of the Panoan family. It is spoken by the Isconahua tribe in Peru.[2] The Isconahua is a very isolated tribe and has very little contact with the outside world.[3] As of 2000, there were 82 speakers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Isconahua reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. ↑ http://www.nativeplanet.org/indigenous/ethnicdiversity/latinamerica/peru/indigenous_data_peru_isconahua.shtml
  3. ↑ http://www.amazon-indians.org/Uncontacted-Amazon-Indians-Peru.html
  4. ↑ http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=isc
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