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Preferred term

codCocama language  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Cocama (Kokáma) 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. There are three dialects. The robust dialect is known as Cocama, Kokama, Ucayali, Xibitaoan, Huallaga, Pampadeque, and Pandequebo. As of 1999, Cocamilla (Kokamíya) was moribund, being only spoken by people over 40. Omagua (Omáwa) of Peru is reported to be extinct by Aikhenvald 1999,

Entry terms

  • Cocama-Cocamilla

ISO 639-3 code

  • cod

Notation

  • cod

In other languages

  • Cocama

    German

  • Cocama-Cocamilla

    Italian

  • Portuguese

  • Idioma cocama-cocamilla

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/cod

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