Kashinawa
A language of Peru
| Population | 1,600 in Peru (2003), increasing. Population total all countries: 2,000. Ethnic population: 5,000. |
| Region | Curanja and Purus rivers. Also in Brazil. |
| Language map |
Peru, reference number 45 |
| Alternate names | Cashinahua, Caxinawa, Caxinawá, Kashinahua, Kaxinawá, Kaxynawa |
| Dialects | Possibly most similar to Sharanahua [mcd]. |
| Classification | Panoan, Southeastern |
| Language use | Official language. All ages. 5%–10% have routine proficiency in Spanish. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 40%. Literacy rate in L2: 20%–30%. Dictionary. NT: 1980. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | SOV; postpositions; genitives before noun heads; articles, adjectives after noun heads; question word initial; 7 prefixes, 3 suffixes; ergative; lexical tone. Swidden agriculturalists; hunters. Christian, traditional religion. |
Also spoken in:
Brazil
| Language name | Cashinahua |
| Population | 400 in Brazil (2003). Ethnic population: 1,400 in Brazil (2000 ISA). |
| Region | Acre. |
| Language map |
Brazil, reference number 159 |
| Alternate names | Cashinahuá, Caxinawá, Kaxinauá, Kaxinawá, Kaxynawa |
| Language use | Also use some Portuguese. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Anonymous. 1975. Datos Etno-Lingüísticos 9.
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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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CROMACK, Gail, author. 1967. Cashinahua ‘spirit’ narratives and their cultural context.
CROMACK, Gail, author; ALICEA ORTIZ, Neftalí, translator. 1976. Narraciones Cashinahuas sobre "espíritus" y su contexto cultural.
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CROMACK, Robert E., author. 1968. Language systems and discourse structure in Cashinawa.
CROMACK, Robert E., author. 1975. "La forma de las cláusulas en la lengua cashinahua (pano)."
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KENSINGER, Kenneth M., author. 1963. "The phonological hierarchy of Cashinahua (Pano)."
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KENSINGER, Kenneth M., author. 1964. Matrilocality and patrilineality in Cashinahua society.
KENSINGER, Kenneth M., author. 1965. "The Cashinahua of southeastern Peru."
KENSINGER, Kenneth M., author. 1967. "Change and the Cashinahua."
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 2.
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MONTAG, Richard, author. 1973. "La estructura semántica de las relaciones entre frases verbales en cashinahua."
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MONTAG, Richard, author. 1992. Cashinahua folklore: a structural analysis of oral tradition.
MONTAG, Richard, author. 2002. A Tale of Pudicho’s People: Cashinahua Accounts of European Contacts in the Twentieth Century.
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MONTAG, Richard, author. 2005. Participant referencing in Cashinahua.
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MONTAG, Richard, author. 2006. Una historia del grupo de Pudicho: narración cashinahua que habla del contacto con los europeos en el siglo veinte.
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MONTAG, Richard; MONTAG, Susan; TORRES, Pudicho, authors. 1976. "Endocanibalismo funebre de los Cashinahua."
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MONTAG, Susan, author. 2004. Lecciones para el aprendizaje del idioma Kashinawa.
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MONTAG, Susan, author. 2004. Lições para a aprendizagem da língua Kaxinawá.
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Vernacular Publications
Constitución política del Perú. 1986.
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Javada junibun mai dasibi anu akaibun, jatu nematidubumaki. 1973.
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Matemática 2: Texto de consulta para segundo grado. 1983.
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Naturaleza y vida social 1: Manual para los cursos de naturaleza y vida social y práctica del castellano. 1974.
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Nukun yuda jau isin teneyamanun javada tapinankanven (Cómo se puede tener buena salud: Libro para las ciencias naturales). 1982.
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Una 3 (Libro 3 para la lectura y escritura). 1981.
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Una 4 (libro 4 para la lectura y escritura). 1981.
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Vamos a leer (Aprestamiento 2 para la lectura y escritura). 1981.
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