ISO 639-3 · codcod
Tupian family
Cocama
Cocama is a language of the Tupi–Guarani branch (Tupian), spoken in Brazil, Colombia and Peru. Wikidata counts about 250 speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “indigenous language spoken by thousands of native people in western South America”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
cod- Glottocode
coca1259- Family
- Tupian
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 16 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Cocama |
|---|---|
| Also called | Cocama language, Cocama-Cocamilla |
| All speakers | 250 (2007) |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Tupian to Cocama
The branches above Cocama, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Brazil
porPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalbzsBrazilian Sign Languageunclassified · 3 m5 · DevelopingvecVenetianIndo-European · 2 m5 · DevelopingyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreatenedtcaTicunaunclassified · 61,0005 · DevelopingguuYanomamöYanomaman · 16,2005 · DevelopingterTerênaunclassified · 16,0007 · ShiftingwapWapishanaNorthern Maipuran · 13,0006b · ThreatenedcarCaribCariban · 10,0006b · Threatened