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Jivaroan-Cahuapanan family
Huambisa
Huambisa is a language of the Chicham branch (Jivaroan-Cahuapanan), spoken in Peru. Wikidata counts about 8,000 speakers (2012). Wikidata describes it as “Jivaro language spoken in Peru”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
hub- Glottocode
huam1247- Family
- Jivaroan-Cahuapanan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 12 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Huambisa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Huambisa language, Wampis language |
| All speakers | 8,000 (2012) |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Jivaroan-Cahuapanan to Huambisa
The branches above Huambisa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Peru
spaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationalaymAymaraAymaran · 4 mVulnerablequzCusco QuechuaQuechua · 1.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationquyAyacucho QuechuaQuechua · 918,2003 · Wider CommunicationqxpPuno QuechuaQuechua · 500,0004 · EducationalcniAsháninkaSouthern Maipuran · 73,5675 · DevelopingtcaTicunaunclassified · 61,0005 · DevelopingqubHuallaga QuechuaQuechua · 40,0005 · DevelopingshpShipibo-ConiboPano-Tacanan · 34,1525 · DevelopingqvcCajamarca QuechuaQuechua · 30,0006b · Threatened