Dyapá

Facts

  • Language: Dyapá
  • Alternate names: Southern Katukinan, Tshom-Djapá [Txunhuã-Djapá], Canamarí, Kanamarí) (perhaps the same as Tucundiapa (Tucano Dyapa, Hondiapa/Hon-Dyapá)])
  • Language code: knm
  • Language family: Maipurean, Southern, Southern Outlier, Piro (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: ~1650
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script:

More information:

    Harákmbut-Katukinan; Katukinan; Dyapá (languages or dialects);The number of distinct languages within Katukinan is not certain, and Katukina and Kanamarí may not be distinct languages. Campbell (2012:91) has Dyapá (dialects or languages) (Southern Katukinan, Tshom-Djapá [Txunhuã-Djapá], Canamarí, Kanamarí) (perhaps the same as Tucundiapa (Tucano Dyapa, Hondiapa/Hon-Dyapá)]).Aikhenvald and Dixon (1999: 343) have for Katukinan: Kanamarí, Katukina do Biá, Txunhuã-Djapá, and Katawixí. Adelaar (2007: 180) has two languages, Katawixi and Katukina Lato, which has three varieties: Kanamarí,Katukina do Biá, and Tyohon Dyapa.