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
Frantz, Donald G. 1973. "Citaciones directas."
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Loos, Eugene E. 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. 1962. "Dimensions of grammatical constructions."
Robinson, Lila W. 1974. "Cashibo T-shaped stone axes."
Robinson, Lila W. 1977. "Notas etnográficas sobre los cashibo."
Shell, Olive A. 1950. "Cashibo I: Phonemes."
Shell, Olive A. 1951. "Sonidos del habla cashibo."
Shell, Olive A. 1953. "Pronombres cashibos."
Shell, Olive A. 1957. "Cashibo II: Grammemic analysis of transitive and intransitive verb patterns."
Shell, Olive A. 1965. Pano reconstruction.
Shell, Olive A. 1973. "Los modos del cashibo y el análisis del performativo."
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Shell, Olive A. 1975. "Cashibo modals and the performative analysis."
Shell, Olive A. 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. 1965. "A type of Cashibo moral judgment."
Wistrand, Lila. 1968. "Desorganización y revitalización de los cashibo."
Wistrand, Lila. 1968. Cashibo relative clause constructions.
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Wistrand, Lila. 1969. "Music and song texts of Amazonian Indians."
Wistrand, Lila. 1969. "Un texto cashibo: El proceso de cremación."
Wistrand, Lila. 1969. Folkloric and linguistic analyses of Cashibo narrative prose.
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Wistrand, Lila. 1971. "Cashibo verb stems, causatives, and proposition consolidation."
Wistrand, Lila. 1972. "A South American Indian Orpheus tale."
Wistrand-Robinson, Lila. 1998. Cashibo folklore and culture: Prose, poetry, and historical background.
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Wroughton, Gloria G. 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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Sisi: Nuina anë, anu ʼacë. 1965.
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Tuberculosis cacë ʼinsin ñuicë bana. 1992.
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