Peba (Peva) is an extinct language from Peba–Yaguan language family once spoken in Peru.
| Peba | |
|---|---|
| Nijamvo | |
| Native to | NE Peru |
| Region | western Amazon |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Peba–Yaguan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | peba1243 |
Dialects
editPeba dialects are Cauwachi, Caumari, and Pacaya according to the American anthropologist and linguist John Alden Mason (1950).[1]
References
edit- ^ Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. Vol. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.
