Native to Bolivia Native speakers 600 (2000–2007) | Region Magdalena | |
Ethnicity 1,100 Chacobo (2006), possibly 50 Pacahuara (2007) Language family Panoan
Mainline Panoan
Nawa
Bolivian
Chácobo Dialects Chakobo
Pakawara
Karipuna? | ||
Chácobo-Pakawara is a Panoan language spoken by about 550 of 860 ethnic tribal Chácobo people of the Beni Department of northwest of Magdalena, Bolivia, and (as of 2004) 17 of 50 Pakawara. Chácobo children are learning the language as a first language, but Pakawara is moribund. Extinct Karipuna may have been a dialect; alternative names are Jaunavô (Jau-Navo) and Éloe.
Several extinct and unattested languages were reported to have been related, perhaps dialects. These include Capuibo and Sinabo/Shinabo of the Mamoré River. However, nothing is actually known of these purported languages.
References
Chakobo language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA