Cocama-Cocamilla

COD

moribund

Alternate Names: Cocama, Huallaga, Kokama, Pampadeque, Pandequebo, Ucayali, Xibitaoan

Dialects: Cocama, Cocamilla. Reportedly most similar to Omagua ,.

Genealogy:

Tupian
Tupí-Guaraní
Tupí
Cocama

Demographics: 250 in Peru (Crevels 2007). Few monolinguals. Ethnic population: 15,000 (Crevels 2007).

Language Use: Speakers 40 and older. Most have shifted to Castellano Sharapa, the variant of Spanish [spa] spoken locally. Used as L2 by Omagua [omg].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 3%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Grammar. Bible portions: 1961–1967.

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Peru

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.