Zaparoan languages
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The Zaparoan languages are a small family of indigenous languages historically spoken by the Zaparoan peoples of the western Amazon region, primarily in what is now Ecuador and neighboring areas of Peru.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zaparoan languages canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indigenous languages of the Americas
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| arealFeature | participation in the Northwest Amazonian linguistic area ⓘ |
| documentationStatus |
poorly documented
ⓘ
subject of ongoing descriptive work ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Zaparoan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familySize | small language family ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Napo River region
ⓘ
Pastaza River region NERFINISHED ⓘ Tigre River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Zaparoan family
ⓘ
Záparoan languages ⓘ |
| hasISOStatus | individual member languages have separate ISO 639-3 codes ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SOV basic word order (in several member languages)
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology (in several member languages) ⓘ rich verbal morphology (in several member languages) ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
Andoa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arabela NERFINISHED ⓘ Aushiri NERFINISHED ⓘ Cahuarano NERFINISHED ⓘ Conambo NERFINISHED ⓘ Iquito NERFINISHED ⓘ Omurano NERFINISHED ⓘ Záparo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | formerly more widespread in the western Amazon ⓘ |
| languageContact |
Arawakan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quechuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tucanoan languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus |
moribund
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| notProvenGeneticRelation |
Arawakan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quechuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tucanoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | comparative linguistics of South America ⓘ |
| region |
eastern Ecuador
ⓘ
northeastern Peru ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
historical reconstruction of Proto-Zaparoan
ⓘ
language contact in the western Amazon ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ecuador
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ western Amazon region ⓘ |
| subclassOf | American indigenous language families ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
language shift to Quechua
ⓘ
language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| usedBy | small indigenous communities ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.