| Also Known As: Xibitaoan,Pampadeque,Kokama,Pandequebo,Ucayali,Huallaga,Cocama,Cocama-Cocamilla
Description:
Cocoma (also spelled Cocama) is a language which is spoken by the demographically and historically dominant indigenous people of the northeastern region Peru Amazonia: the lower Ucayali, lower Maraￃﾱon and lower Huallaga rivers basins. It is also spoken in Brazil and Colombia. In Peru, Cocama-Cocamilla is classified in the Tupi group of the Tupi-Guarani language subfamily.
Cocama-Cocamilla has thousands of speakers in its associated indigenous ethnic groups in Peru Amazonia, 200 in Brazil, and less than 100 in Colombia.
There is a 3% literacy rate in Cocoma compared to 50% in second language Spanish...... full article at Wikipedia |
