Alternate Names: Cashinahua, Caxinawa, Caxinawá, Kashinahua, Kaxinawá, Kaxynawa
Dialects: None known. Possibly most similar to Sharanahua ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 750 in Peru (Crevels 2007). Population total all countries: 1,150. Ethnic population: 1,000 (Crevels 2007).
Language Use: All children acquire the language and learn to read and write in bilingual schools (Crevels 2007). All ages. 5%–10% have routine proficiency in Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 40%. Literacy rate in L2: 20%–30%. Dictionary. NT: 1980–2008.
Typology: SOV; postpositions; genitives before noun heads; articles, adjectives after noun heads; question word initial; 7 prefixes, 3 suffixes; ergative; lexical tone.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Peru
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.