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Hãtxa Kuĩ

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Hãtxa Kuĩ
Kashinawa of the Ibuaçu River, Hantxa Kuin
Kashinawa, Hantxa Kuin
Native toPeru, Brazil
EthnicityKaxinawá people
Native speakers
1,200 (2003–2007)[1]
Panoan
  • Mainline Panoan
    • Nawa
      • Headwaters
        • Hãtxa Kuĩ
Language codes
ISO 639-3cbs
Glottologcash1254
ELPCashinahua
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Hãtxa Kuĩ (Hantxa Kuin), or Kashinawa (also spelled Kaxinawá, Kashinawa, Kaxynawa, Caxinawa, Caxinawá, and Cashinahua), is an Indigenous American language of western South America which belongs to the Panoan language family. It is spoken by about 1,600 Kaxinawá in Peru, along the Curanja and the Purus Rivers, and in Brazil by 400 Kaxinawá in the state of Acre.

About five to ten percent of speakers have some Spanish language proficiency,[2] while forty percent are literate and twenty to thirty percent are literate in Spanish as a second language.

Dialects are Brazilian Kashinawa, Peruvian Kashinawa, and the extinct Juruá Kapanawa (Capanahua of the Juruá River) and Paranawa.

Dictionary

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A dictionary has been compiled and published since 1980.[3]

References

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  1. Hãtxa Kuĩ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "Kashinawa." Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 Dec 2011.
  3. Diccionario Cashinahua Tomo 1 Biblioteca Virtual del Ministerio de Cultura. Retrieved 07 Oct. 2024
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