Urarina | |
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Itucale | |
kachá[1] | |
Native to | Peru |
Region | Loreto Region, Urarinas District along the Chambira River[2] |
Ethnicity | Urarina people |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2002)[3] |
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ura |
Glottolog | urar1246 |
ELP | Urarina |
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Urarina is an isolated language spoken in Peru, specifically in the Loreto Region of Northwest Peru, by the Urarina people.[4] There are around 3,000 speakers in Urarinas District (along the Chambira River).[3] It uses a Latin script. It is also known as Itucali, Simacu or Shimacu.[3]
It has a canonical word order of object–verb–subject.[5][6]