Yora

MTS

threatened

Alternate Names: Manu Park Panoan, Nahua, Parquenahua, Yoranahua, Yura

Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Yaminahua , and Sharanahua ,.

Genealogy:

Panoan
Mainline
Unclassified

Demographics: 170 (Crevels 2007). Possibly another 400 uncontacted speakers on the Upper Piedras River (Crevels 2007). Ethnic population: 170 (Crevels 2007).

Language Use: Vigorous. All ages. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Bible portions: 2007.

Typology: SOV; postpositions; genitives, relatives, adjectives before noun head numerals after noun head; maximum prefix, 1; maximum suffix, 7 or 8; noun affixes indicate case; verb affixes mark person and number; ergative; CV, CVC, V, VC; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Peru

Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.