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Nanti language

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Native to
  
Perú

ISO 639-3
  
cox

Native speakers
  
250 (2007)

Glottolog
  
nant1250

Language family
  
Arawakan Southern Campa Machiguenga Pucapucari

Pucapucari, or Nanti, is an Arawakan language spoken by approximately 250 people in southeastern Peruvian Amazonia, principally in a number of small communities located near the headwaters of the Camisea and Timpía Rivers. It belongs to the Kampan branch of the Arawak family, and is most closely related to Matsigenka, with which it is partially mutually intelligible.,

The language is also sometimes called Kogapakori (variants: Cogapacori, Kugapakori), a pejorative term of Matsigenka origin meaning 'violent person'.

Recordings

  • Nanti Collection of Christine Beier and Lev Michael at the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America. Contains four recordings of ceremonies in Nanti with transcriptions and translations.
  • References

    Nanti language Wikipedia