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Name: Candoshi

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Candoxi; Candoši; Kandoshi; Murato; Maina; Candoshi-Shapra; Shapra; Roamaina; Kandoashi

Spoken in: Peru

Number of speakers: 3,000 (1981 SIL) (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 1900 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 3000 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: cbu

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Isolates & Small Families

Parent Subgroup: South American Isolates; South American Language Isolate (saso)

Child Dialects: Kandoshi; Kandoashi (cbu-kan) Shapra; Săpra; Chapara (cbu-cha)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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