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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, Out of a projected ethnic population of 15,000, the majority of Cocama
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 is 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 speakers
have a 3% literacy rate, compared with 50% for Spanish. Grammar rules have been developed and the language is written using
the Latin script. Parts of the Bible have been translated into the language. |
Names (more)[br] Kokomeg[de] Cocama [en] Cocama language [eo] Kokoma lingvo [hr] Cocama [it] Cocama-Cocamilla [pt] Língua cocama [qu] Kukama simi [es] Idioma cocama-cocamilla [uk] Кокама |
Language type : Living
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