Shipibo language
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Shipibo is a Panoan language spoken in Peru
and Brazil
by approximately 26,000 speakers. Shipibo is an official language
of Peru.
Within the Panoan family, Shipibo lies within the Shipibo subgroup of the "Mainline" branch.
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Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
and Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
by approximately 26,000 speakers. Shipibo is an official language
Official language
An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically a nation's official language will be the one used in that nation's courts, parliament and administration. However, official status can also be used to give a...
of Peru.
Within the Panoan family, Shipibo lies within the Shipibo subgroup of the "Mainline" branch.
Dialects
Shipibo has 4 dialectsVariety (linguistics)
In sociolinguistics a variety, also called a lect, is a specific form of a language or language cluster. This may include languages, dialects, accents, registers, styles or other sociolinguistic variation, as well as the standard variety itself...
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- Conibo
- Shipibo
- Shipibo del Madre de Dios
- Pisquibo
- Shetebo
See also
- Shipibo-ConiboShipibo-Conibo-Population:The name refers to two languages spoken by these ethnic groups. They are primarily a riverine people living in the Amazon basin, primarily along the Ucayali River. Contact with western sources – including the governments of Peru and Brazil – has been sporadic over the past three...
, an indigenous ethnic group whose speakers use the shipibo language - Panoan languagesPanoan languagesPanoan is a family of languages spoken in Peru, western Brazil, and Bolivia. It is a branch of the larger Pano–Tacanan family.-Family division:Panoan consists of some two dozen languages:...
External links
- Ethnologue: Shipibo-Conibo
- Proel: Lengua Shipibo