Alternate Names: “Cayapa” (pej.), Cha’ Palaachi, Cha’palaa, Cha’palaachi
Genealogy:
Demographics: 9,500 (2004).
Language Use: Elders and preschool-aged children are mostly monolingual (Crevels 2007). Women, older adults, and those living in the isolated headwaters of the river are less bilingual in Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Dictionary. NT: 2008.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Ecuador
Other Comments: Ethnonym: Chachi (sg.), Chachilla (pl.). Traditional religion, Christian.