Chamicuro

/tʃɑːmiːˈkʊəroʊ/ noun

Definition

An indigenous language spoken in Peru, or a member of the people who speak this language.

Etymology

The word derives from the indigenous Chamicuro people of the Ucayali River region in Peru. The language is one of the world's most endangered, with fewer than 100 speakers remaining.

Kelly Says

Chamicuro is a linguistic emergency—it has only a handful of elderly native speakers left, and linguists are racing to document it before it vanishes forever, making it a symbol of how quickly human languages are disappearing!

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