| Urarina | |
|---|---|
| Itucale | |
| kachá[1] | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Region | Loreto Region, Urarinas District along the Chambira River[2] |
| Ethnicity | Urarina people |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2002)[3] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ura |
| Glottolog | urar1246 |
| ELP | Urarina |
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Urarina is a language isolate spoken in Peru, specifically in the Loreto Region of Northwest Peru, by the Urarina people.[4] There are around 3,000 speakers in Urarinas District (along the Chambira River).[3] It uses the Latin script. It is also known as Itucali, Simacu or Shimacu.[3]
It has a canonical word order of object–verb–subject.[5][6]
- ^ W. Adelaar, 2004, p. 457.[full citation needed]
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ^ a b c Urarina at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Urarina Indian Language". www.native-languages.org. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
- ^ "WALS Online - Language Urarina". Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "WALS Online - Chapter Order of Subject, Object and Verb". Retrieved 11 January 2017.