Alternate Names: Itucali, Shimacu, Simacu
Dialects: Several dialects with minor differences. Ruhlen and others classify it as Andean.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 3,000 (2002 SIL). Women are monolingual.
Language Use: Bilingual education program but in almost all bilingual schools Spanish [spa] is used exclusively because the teachers are not native Urarina speakers (Crevels 2007). All ages. Men range from monolingual to routine proficiency in Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Grammar. NT: 2006–2008.
Typology: OVS.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Peru