Cashibo-Cacataibo
A language of Peru
| Population | 5,000 (1999). Some women over 50 monolingual. |
| Region | Aguaytía, San Alejandro, Súngaro rivers. |
| Language map |
Peru, reference number 20 |
| Alternate names | Cachibo, Cacibo, Cahivo, Caxibo, Hagueti, Managua |
| Dialects | Cacataibo de Mariscal, Cacataibo de Sinchi Roca, Cashibo. |
| Classification | Panoan, Western |
| Language use | Official language. Vigorous. All domains. All ages. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Taught in primary schools. Poetry. Dictionary. NT: 1978. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | SOV. Traditional religion, Christian. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
CHÁVEZ, Margarethe S.; LEACH, Ilo; SHANKS, Anna Louise; YOUNG, Carolyn M., authors. 1976. Instrumentos musicales tradicionales de varios grupos de la selva Peruana.
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FRANTZ, Donald G., author. 1973. "Citaciones directas."
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LOOS, Eugene E., author. 1973. "Algunas implicaciones de la reconstrucción de un fragmento de la gramática del proto-pano."
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LOOS, Eugene E., editor. 1973. Estudios panos 1.
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PIKE, Kenneth L., author. 1962. "Dimensions of grammatical constructions."
ROBINSON, Lila W., author. 1974. "Cashibo T-shaped stone axes."
ROBINSON, Lila W., author. 1977. "Notas etnográficas sobre los cashibo."
SHELL, Olive A., author. 1950. "Cashibo I: Phonemes."
SHELL, Olive A., author. 1951. "Sonidos del habla cashibo."
SHELL, Olive A., author. 1953. "Pronombres cashibos."
SHELL, Olive A., author. 1965. Pano reconstruction.
SHELL, Olive A., author. 1973. "Los modos del cashibo y el análisis del performativo."
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SHELL, Olive A., author. 1975. "Cashibo modals and the performative analysis."
SHELL, Olive A., author; ROMERO, Ezequiel, translator. 1975. Estudios panos 3. Las lenguas pano y su reconstrucción.
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SHELL, Olive A., compiler. 1987. Vocabulario cashibo-cacataibo.
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SHELL, Olive A., editor. 1977. Cacataibo (cashibo) unia 2 (Cuentos del hombre cacataibo (cashibo) 2).
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WISTRAND, Lila, author. 1965. "A type of Cashibo moral judgment."
WISTRAND, Lila, author. 1968. "Desorganización y revitalización de los cashibo."
WISTRAND, Lila, author. 1968. Cashibo relative clause constructions.
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WISTRAND, Lila, author. 1969. "Music and song texts of Amazonian Indians."
WISTRAND, Lila, author. 1969. "Un texto cashibo: El proceso de cremación."
WISTRAND, Lila, author. 1969. Folkloric and linguistic analyses of Cashibo narrative prose.
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WISTRAND, Lila, author. 1971. "Cashibo verb stems, causatives, and proposition consolidation."
WISTRAND, Lila, author. 1972. "A South American Indian Orpheus tale."
WISTRAND, Lila, author. 1976. "La poesia de las canciones Cashibos."
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WISTRAND, Lila, author. 1998. Cashibo Folklore and Culture: Prose, Poetry, and Historical Background.
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WROUGHTON, Gloria G., author. 1953. "Bolívar Odicio, el cashibo civilizador."
Vernacular Publications
Anquilostomas cacë nuin ñuicë bana. 1993.
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Bëtsi bëtsi nëtënu ʼicë gobiernonën xucëx timëcë unicaman sináncë bana camabi uni upiti bucunun ca ësai ʼiti ʼicë qui quicë. 1973.
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Cacataibo (cashibo) unia ʼimainun Bolívarnën uni raëo. 1973.
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Kirika 1-4: kana kirika ʼai. 1949.
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Manual de escritura y ortografía 1. 1956.
Naturaleza y vida social 1. 1957.
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Naturaleza y vida social 2. 1963.
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Naturaleza y vida social 3. 1963.
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Ñuina anë, aanu hacë: Quirica 4. 1957.
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Ñuina pëchiñu ʼimainun roribi ñuicë bana. 1984.
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Ñuinacama ñui quicë bana. 1984.
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Nun xëta bërúanti a ñuicë bana. 1990.
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Nux cananuna ësai ʼin: Quirica 3. 1984.
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Pïixana 5, 6: kana pïixana ʼain. 1951.
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Quirica 3 (Libro 3 de iniciación de lectura y escritura). 1980.
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Sisi: Nuina anë, anu ʼacë. 1965.
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Tuberculosis cacë ʼinsin ñuicë bana. 1992.
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