Alternate Names: Lama, Lamano, Lamista, Lamisto, Motilón, Ucayali
Dialects: Several minor dialects. A member of macrolanguage Quechua ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 15,000 (2000 SIL), decreasing. 2,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 44,000 (2000).
Language Use: Little transmission to children. Bilingual parents want their children to learn Spanish. Used by shamans in chants. Protestants use it in singing with published hymnbook. Scattered occasional use in religious services apart from singing. Negative attitudes. Embarrassed to be heard using the language. 13,000 also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 10%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. 1,500 readers, 400 can write. Some oral and a little written Quechua taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1992–2008.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Peru
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian (Protestant).