Everything about Cocama-cocamilla totally explained
Cocama-Cocamilla is an
indigenous language spoken by thousands of native people in western
South America. It is spoken along the banks of the Northeastern lower Ucayali, lower
Marañón, and
Huallaga rivers and in neighboring areas of
Brazil and an isolated area in
Colombia. It is also known as Cocama, Kokama, Ucayali, Xibitaoan, Huallaga, Pampadeque, and Pandequebo. It is most closely related to
Omagua. In
Peru, Cocama-Cocamilla is classified in the
Tupi group of the
Tupi-Guarani language subfamily
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Out of a projected ethnic population of 15,000, the majority of Cocama-Cocamilla speakers, 2,000, live in Perú. Remaining speakers live in Amazonas state in Brazil, where 50 out of 411 ethnic Chayahuitas speak it and it's known as Kokama or Kokamilla. Most speakers are trilingual and can also speak Portuguese and Spanish. Very few are monolingual. There are 20 ethnic groups in Colombia's Lower Putumayo area with an unknown number of Cocama-Cocamilla speakers. Most expected speakers would also be trilingual, but the language may be extinct in the region.
Cocama-Cocamilla speakers have a 3% literacy rate, compared with 50% for Spanish. Grammar rules have been developed and the language is written using the
Latin alphabet. Parts of the Bible have been translated into the language.
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