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Capanahua

A language of Peru

ISO 639-3: kaq

Population	390 (2000). No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 400 (2000 W. Adelaar).
Region	Tapiche-Buncuya rivers area.
Language map	Peru, reference number 18
Alternate names	Kapanawa
Dialects	Pahenbaquebo. Most similar language is Shipibo [shp]. Lexical similarity: 50%–60% with Shipibo.
Classification	Panoan, North-Central
Language use	Official language. Almost no children speak the language. By adults in the home. Use of Spanish to a Capanahua by a Capanahua can be interpreted as rejecting the other person as an outsider. Capanahua is used to some degree in 2 bilingual schools.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 10%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1978.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	“Capacho” is a pejorative term. SOV. Swidden agriculturalists. Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Hagberg, Lawrence Raymond. 2006. An autosegmental theory of stress.  

Kensinger, Kenneth M. 1985. "Panoan linguistic, folkloristic and ethnographic research: retrospect and prospect."

Loos, Betty H. 1981. "Auto-corrección en el relato capanahua."

Loos, Betty H. 1986. "Self-correction in Capanahua narration."  

Loos, Betty H. and Eugene E. Loos, compilers. 1975. Textos capanahuas I.

Loos, Betty H. and Eugene E. Loos, compilers. 1980. Textos capanahua I.  

Loos, Betty H. and Eugene E. Loos. 1973. "La estructura semántica y fonológica de los prefijos verbales en capanahua."  

Loos, Eugene E. 1963. "Capanahua narration structure."

Loos, Eugene E. 1967. The phonology of Capanahua and its grammatical basis.

Loos, Eugene E. 1969. The phonology of Capanahua and its grammatical basis.  

Loos, Eugene E. 1973. "Algunas implicaciones de la reconstrucción de un fragmento de la gramática del proto-pano."  

Loos, Eugene E. 1973. "La construcción del reflexivo en los idiomas panos."  

Loos, Eugene E. 1986. "Capanahua syllable restructuring in relation to comparative studies."

Loos, Eugene E. 1999. "‘If’ in Capanahua."

Loos, Eugene E. and Betty H. Loos, compilers. 1980. Textos capanahua II.  

Loos, Eugene E. and Betty Loos, compilers. 1998. Diccionario Capanahua—Castellano.  

Loos, Eugene E., editor. 1973. Estudios panos 1.  

Loos, Eugene E., editor. 1973. Estudios panos 2.  

Payne, Doris L. 1990. Review of: Pragmatics in non-Western perspective, George L. Huttar and Kenneth J. Gregerson, editors.

Schoolland, Thelma, compiler. 1975. Leyendas y narraciones históricas de los capanahua.

Schoolland, Thelma, editor. 1976. Quimisha yohuan xeni (Cuentos folklóricos de los capanahua).  

Vernacular Publications

Cabra notsihi. 1966.  

Costannoxon jisti joibo. 1984.  

Joni yometso. 1966.  

Main nihnica yohinabo. 1971.  

Mishpi. 1970.  

Nihi naman nihquin non merahibo. 1993.  

Noquen jisti joiyahpa quirica. 1995.  

Queonicabo. 1989.  

Quirica 1. 1960.  

Quirica 2. 1961.  

Quirica 3, 4. 1962.  

Quirica 5. 1966.  

Xaheya hino joi. 1969.