Chayahuita language
Chayahuita is an endangered Amazonian language spoken by thousands of native Chayahuita people in the Amazon basin of north-central Peru. Spoken along the banks of the Paranapura, Cahuapanas, Sillay, and Shanusi rivers, it is also known as Chayawita, Shawi, Chawi, Tshaahui, Chayhuita, Chayabita, Shayabit, Balsapuertino, Paranapura, and Cahuapa. There is a 1–5% literacy rate, compared with 5–15% for Spanish, and a dictionary since 1978. It can not be understood by Jebero speakers although there is some overlap in vocabulary, especially some Quechua terms.
| Chayahuita | |
|---|---|
| Cahuapana | |
| Shawi | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Ethnicity | 21,400 (2011) |
Native speakers | 14,000 (2011)[1] |
Cahuapanan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cbt |
| Glottolog | chay1248 |
| ELP | Chayahuita[2] |
Phonology
There are 4 vowels: /a, i, ɨ, u/.[3]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||
| Fricative | β | s | ʃ | h | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||
| Flap | ɾ |
Vocabulary
Selected Shawi animal names from Rojas-Berscia (2019):[4]
References
- "Shawi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- Endangered Languages Project data for Chayahuita.
- "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- Rojas-Berscia, Luis Miguel. 2019. From Kawapanan to Shawi: Topics in language variation and change. Doctoral dissertation, Radboud University Nijmegen.
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