Mashco Piro language

Mashco Piro is an Arawakan language spoken in Peru. It is also called Cujareño. It is very similar to the Piro, with an estimated 60% inherent intelligibility.[1] Kaufman considered it a dialect of Piro; Aikhenvald suggests it may rather be a dialect of Iñapari.[2]

Mashco Piro
Cujareño
Native toPeru
EthnicityMashco Piro
Native speakers
200 (2012)[1]
Arawakan
  • Southern
Language codes
ISO 639-3cuj
Glottologmash1270
ELPMashco Piro

Language documentation is limited, since the Mascho Piro are highly nomadic hunter-gatherers[1] who avoid contact with outsiders. The name Cujareño has been associated with the Panoan languages, though without much evidence.

Notes

  1. Mashco Piro at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. "Piro Language and the Piro Indian Tribe (Mashco Piro, Cujareño)". www.native-languages.org. Retrieved 2022-04-21.


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