Cacaopera language
Cacaopera is an extinct language belonging to the Misumalpan family, formerly spoken in the department of Morazán in El Salvador by the Cacaopera people. It was closely related to Matagalpa, and slightly more distantly to Sumo, but was geographically separated from other Misumalpan languages.
| Cacaopera | |
|---|---|
| Native to | El Salvador |
| Region | Morazán Department |
| Ethnicity | Cacaopera people |
| Extinct | 20th century |
Misumalpan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ccr |
| Glottolog | caca1247 |
Map of El Salvador's Indigenous Peoples at the time of the Spanish conquest:
1. Pipil people, 2. Lenca, 3. Kakawira o Cacaopera people, 4. Xinca, 5. Maya Ch'orti' people, 6. Maya Poqomam people, 7. Mangue o Chorotega.
The last semi-speakers of Cacaopera lived in the 1970s.[1] All native speakers had died before this time.
Phonology
References
- Campbell, Lyle (1973). "MesoAmerican Languages Collection of Lyle Campbell". Archive of the Indigenous Language of Latin America. University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
External links
- Recording of a semi-speaker of Cacaopera from 1973, from the MesoAmerican Languages Collection of Lyle Campbell at the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America.
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