- Záparo
Infobox Language
name=Záparo
familycolor=lightblue
states=Peru
Ecuador
speakers=1 (SIL, 2000)
fam1=Zaparoan
script="none"
nation=Peru
agency="none"
iso2="none"
iso3=zroZáparo is a nearly extinct language from the borderlands of
Peru , spoken by only one person out of an ethnic population of 170, in thePastaza province , between theCuraray river andBobonaza river s, as of 2000. Záparo is also known as Zápara and Kayapwe. Though it was spoken by 1 person in 2000, there is the distinct possibility that it may be extinct. The members of the Záparo ethnic group now speakQuichua , though there is a language revival effort beginning. Záparo is sometimes confused withAndoa , though the two languages are distinct. Záparo has asubject verb object word order.References
* [http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=zro|Ethnologue report for Záparo]
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