Also Known As:
Inapori, Inapari, Inamarí, Iapari, Inamarí
Dialects & Varieties
- Inapari
- Cuniba
- Cuchitineri
Iñapari (Peru) - Language Snapshot
Rogers, Chris. 2020. Iñapari (Peru) - Language Snapshot. Language Documentation and Description 19, 9-16. http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/204
Critically Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5 (4 siblings & their 1 uncle)
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
5
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 5
Used only in a few very specific domains, such as in ceremonies, songs, prayer, proverbs, or certain limited domestic activities.
5
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
No results found.
Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
No results found.
Children:
No results found.
Young adults
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Older adults
4
Elders
No results found.
Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
Extreme language shift of Iñapari and other regional Indigenous languages towards Spanish.
Location and Context
Countries
Village of Sabaluyoc along the Las Piedras River in the department of Madre de Dios in Peru
Location Description
No results found.
Government Support
Formal recognition by the Peruvian government
Institutional Support
No results found.
Speakers' Attitude
They value their language as a representation of their past but not their future, having no expectation of revitalization. They take pride in recognition from the Peruvian government and the recently developed orthography, but don't use it themselves and are illiterate in Iñapari.
Other Languages Used By The Community
Spanish
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
No results found.
Writing system:
No results found.
Other writing systems used:
No results text.
Comments on writing systems:
Developed by the General Directorate of Intercultural Bilingual and Rural Education (DIGEIBIR)
Recent Resources
Grammar, orthography, dictionary
This research was carried out by Steve Parker (Dallas International University; SIL International) u