Isconahua language

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Name (Latin)
Isconahua language
Other forms of name
Iscobaquebu language
Iskobákebo language
Iskonawa language
See Also From tracing topical name
Panoan languages
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Peru
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q3052971
Library of congress: sh2016001733
Sources of Information
  • Work cat: Zariquiey, R. Bosquejo gramatical de la lengua iskonawa, 2015:page 4 of cover (one of the Amazonian languages in greatest danger of disappearance in Peru. Ancestral language of the Pano family ...)
  • Ethnologue, 2016(Isconahua, a language of Peru; isc; UF Iscobaquebu, Iskobákebo; location: Loreto and Ucayali regions: Callaria river; status: Nearly extinct; classification: Panoan, Mainline, Tri-State, Amawaka; dialects: None known. Most closely related to Shipibo [shp])
  • Linguasphere, 1999(83-NAC-af; isco-nawa; isco-nahua, isco-baque-bu; Callaria valley; Peru (Loreto))
Wikipedia description:

Isconahua or Iscobaquebo is an indigenous American language of the Panoan family. It is spoken by the Isconahua tribe in Peru. The Isconahua is a very isolated tribe and has very little contact with the outside world. As of 2000, there were 82 speakers. As of 2023, language preservation efforts were underway. It has an official alphabet approved by the Ministry of Education of Peru.

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