Chamicuro language


Chamicuro is a dormant South American language formerly spoken in Peru.. The language was used by the Chamicuro people who number around one hundred people. The Chamicuros live on a tributary of the Huallaga river, in Peru, in an area called Pampa Hermosa, meaning beautiful plains.
As with all native languages in Peru, Chamicuro was by default an official language in the area in which it is spoken. A Chamicuro dictionary has been created, however no children can speak the language as they have shifted to Spanish.
There is controversy in regard to whether Aguano is the same language, which one study says it is, but the Chamicuros disputed this, although this may be for cultural reasons and the languages may actually be intelligible, but the different people do not relate to one another and maintain different names and connotations between their language or languages.

Phonology

Chamicuro has 5 vowels: /a, e, i, o, u/. All vowels have both short and long forms.
BilabialAlveolarPalato-alveolarRetroflexPalatalVelarGlottal
Stopptkʔ
Affricatet͡st͡ʃʈʂ
Fricativesʃʂh
Nasalmnɲ
Laterallʎ
Semivoweljw
Flapɾ