Alternate Names: Cachibo, Cacibo, Cahivo, Caxibo, Hagueti, Managua
Dialects: Cacataibo de Mariscal, Cacataibo de Sinchi Roca, Cashibo.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,150 (Crevels 2007). Some women over 50 monolingual. Ethnic population: 1,500 (Crevels 2007).
Language Use: Vigorous. All children acquire the language (Crevels 2007). All domains. All ages. 2,500 also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Taught in primary schools. Poetry. Dictionary. NT: 1978–2008.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Peru
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.