Arabela Language
Arabela is an indigenous American language of the Zaparoan family spoken in two Peruvian villages in tropical forest along the Napo tributary of the Arabela river.
Also known as Chiripuno and Chiripunu, it is spoken by about 50 people out of an ethnic population of about 500
Since there are so few speakers of Arabela left, its speakers speak either Spanish or Quechua as a second language. The literacy rate for Arabela as a first language is about 10–30%, and about 50–75% for a second language. It uses a SVO word order, just as the majority of the world's languages.
Like all native languages in Peru, it has an official status in areas where it is spoken.
Read more about Arabela Language: The Language and Its Speakers, Current Situation, Dialectal Divisions, Phonology
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