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Sharanahua

A language of Peru

ISO 639-3: mcd

Population	450 in Peru (2000 SIL). 70% monolinguals. 200 to 300 Mastanahua. Population total all countries: 453.
Region	Upper Purus River area. Also in Brazil.
Language map	Peru, reference number 72
Dialects	Marinahua (Marinawa), Chandinahua, Mastanahua. Similar to Yaminahua [yaa] Chitonahua dialect, Yora [mts].
Classification	Panoan, South-Central, Yaminahua-Sharanahua
Language use	Official language. Home on Purus River. All ages. Some intermarry with and use Spanish in the home. Those with schooling use varying degrees of Spanish.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–10%. Taught in primary schools. TV. Dictionary. NT: 1996.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Agriculturalists; animal husbandry: cattle, sheep; fishermen; hunters. Christian, traditional religion.

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Brazil

Language name	Sharanahua
Population	3 in Brazil (2007 S. Anonby). Ethnic population: 200.
Region	Acre, Marináwa, along the upper Envira, tributary of the Tarauacá, Cruziero do Sul municipality, on Rio Humaitá off Juará River.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 158
Alternate names	Acre Arara
Dialects	Marinahua (Marináwa), Chandinahua.
Language use	The Marináwa have integrated into Brazilian society. There may be no remaining speakers. Shifted to Portuguese [por].

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Frantz, Donald G. 1973. "On question word movement."

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

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

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

Loos, Eugene. 1975. "Nasalization in Sharanahua."

Pike, Eunice V. and Eugene Scott. 1962. "The phonological hierarchy of Marinahua."

Scott, Eugene and Donald G. Frantz. 1973. "La pregunta en sharanahua y constreñimientos propuestos sobre la permutación de la pregunta."  

Scott, Eugene and Donald G. Frantz. 1974. "Sharanahua questions and proposed constraints on question movement."

Scott, Marie, compiler. 2004. Vocabulario sharanahua—castellano.  

Vernacular Publications

Constitución política del Perú. 1987.  

Mirar, pensar y hacer: Apéndice sharanahua. 1972.  

Non ahuuacaimain huatiroquin ishon; niaifofoan ichanancashon mato cunushonifo. 1973.  

Non cunu non 1. 1972.  

Non cunu oin non 1. 1965.  

Non cunu oin non 1. 1971.  

Non cunu oin non 2. 1967.  

Non cunu oin non 2. 1972.  

Non cunu oinnon (Vamos a leer 5: Libro de lectura y escritura no. 5). 1998.  

Non cunu oinnon. 1984.  

Non cunu oinnon. 1988.  

Non cununon. 1988.  

Vamos a leer en sharanahua. 2002.  

Vamos a leer: Libro de aprestamiento para la lectura y escritura 2. 1984.  

Yoinahuunoa cunu oinnon (Libro 6 para la lectura). 1982.