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Cocama-Cocamilla

A language of Peru

ISO 639-3: cod

Population	2,000 in Peru (2000 W. Adelaar). Few monolinguals. Population total all countries: 2,050. Ethnic population: 15,000 in Peru (2000 W. Adelaar).
Region	Northeast lower Ucayali, lower Marañon, and Huallaga rivers area. Also in Brazil, Colombia.
Language map	Peru, reference number 27
Alternate names	Cocama, Huallaga, Kokama, Pampadeque, Pandequebo, Ucayali, Xibitaoan
Dialects	Cocamilla, Cocama. Most similar to Omagua [omg].
Classification	Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup III
Language use	Official language. Older adults only.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 3%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Grammar. Bible portions: 1961–1967.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Traditional religion, Christian.

Also spoken in:

Brazil

Language name	Cocama-Cocamilla
Population	50 in Brazil (2000 C. Jensen). Ethnic population: 411 in Brazil (2000 D. Moore).
Region	Amazonas.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 27
Alternate names	Cocama, Kokama
Dialects	Cocama, Cocamilla (Kokamilla, Pambadeque), Xibitaona.
Language use	In Brazil, trilingual in Spanish [spa], Portuguese [por], and Cocama.

Colombia

Language name	Cocama-Cocamilla
Population	Ethnic population: 793 in Colombia.
Region	Lower Putumayo.
Language map	Southern Colombia
Alternate names	Cocama, Kokama
Language use	Also use Spanish or Portuguese.
Comments	Intermarriage with Colombian mestizos, Tikunas, Yaguas, and Huitotos.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ANDERSON, Ronald J., author. 2000. Ashéninka Stories of Change.  

BENDOR-SAMUEL, David, editor. 1971. Tupi studies 1.  

FAUST, Norma, author. 1959. "Vocabulario breve del idioma cocama (tupi)."

FAUST, Norma, author. 1963. "El lenguaje de los hombres y mujeres en cocama."

FAUST, Norma, author. 1971. "Cocama clause types."  

FAUST, Norma, author. 1972. Gramática cocama: Lecciones para el aprendizaje del idioma cocama.  

FAUST, Norma; PIKE, Evelyn G., authors. 1959. "Brief Cocama vocabulary = Vocabulário kokama."

FAUST, Norma; PIKE, Evelyn G., authors. 1959. "The Cocama sound system = O sistema fonêmico do kokama."

LEMLE, Miriam, author. 1971. "Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family."  

Vernacular Publications

Cocama cuatiaran era erucuatata. 1957.  

Cuatiaran 1. 1956.  

Cuatiaran 1A. 1957.  

Cuatiaran 2. 1956.  

Cuatiaran 2A. 1957.  

Cuatiaran 3. 1956.  

Cuatiaran 4. 1957.  

Cuatiaran 4A. 1957.  

Cuatiaran 5. 1957.  

Cuatiaran I-1. 1960.  

Cuatiaran I-2. 1961.  

Ini ícua cuatiarayara. 1956.  

Vamos a leer cocama. 1967.