Urarina language
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| Urarina | |
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| Native to | Peru |
| Region | Loreto Region, Urarinas district. |
| Ethnicity | Urarina people |
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Native speakers
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3,000 (2002)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ura |
| Glottolog | urar1246[2] |
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Urarina is a language spoken in Peru, specifically in the Loreto Region of Northwest Peru, by the Urarina people. There are around 3,000 speakers.[1] It uses a Latin script. It is also known as Itucali, Simacu or Shimacu.[1]
It has a canonical word order of object–verb–subject which is very rare among the world's languages.[3][4]
References[edit]
- Wise, Mary Ruth. (1999). "Small Language Families and Isolates in Peru" in The Amazonian Languages. Dixon, R. M. W. and Aikhenvald, Alexandra (ed.)
