Shipibo (also Shipibo-Conibo, Shipibo-Konibo) is a Panoan language spoken in Peru and Brazil by approximately 26,000 speakers. Shipibo is a recognized indigenous language of Peru.
Shipibo-Conibo | |
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Native to | Peru |
Region | Ucayali Region |
Ethnicity | Shipibo-Conibo people |
Native speakers | 26,000 (2003)[1] |
Panoan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:shp – Shipibo-Conibokaq – Tapiche Capanahua |
Glottolog | ship1253 |
Shipibo has three attested dialects:
Extinct Xipináwa (Shipinawa) is thought to have been a dialect as well,[3] but there is no linguistic data.
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i ĩ ⟨i⟩ | ɯ ɯ̃ ⟨e⟩ | |
Mid | o õ ⟨o⟩ | ||
Open | a ã ⟨a⟩ |
Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Retroflex | Palato- alveolar |
Dorsal | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m ⟨m⟩ | n ⟨n⟩ | |||||
Plosive | p ⟨p⟩ | t ⟨t⟩ | k ⟨c/qu⟩ | ||||
Affricate | ts ⟨ts⟩ | tʃ ⟨ch⟩ | |||||
Fricative | voiceless | s ⟨s⟩ | ʂ ⟨s̈h⟩ | ʃ ⟨sh⟩ | h ⟨j⟩ | ||
voiced | β ⟨b⟩ | ||||||
Approximant | w ⟨hu⟩ | ɻ ⟨r⟩ | j ⟨y⟩ |