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Name: Piro

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Yine; Chontaquiro; Simirinch; Manitereni; Maxineri; "Piro"; Pirro; Pira; "Simirinche"; Simiranch; Contaquiro

Spoken in: Peru

Number of speakers: 4,000 (2000 SIL), increasing. Ethnic population: 4,000 to 5,000 (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 2150 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 4000 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: pib

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Maipurean (Maipuran, Arawakan)

Parent Subgroup: Piro; Purus (purs)

Child Dialects: Chontaquiro (pib-cho) Maxineri; Manitenere; Mashineri; Machinere; Manchinere; Manchineri; Manitenerí; Manitenére; Maxinéri (mpd) Maniteneri (pib-man)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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