Cocama-Cocamilla

The Cocama (also Cocoma ) are an indigenous people in the Peruvian part of the Amazon, but also neighboring areas of Brazil and Colombia, especially in the lower reaches of the rivers Ucayali, Marañón and Huallaga.

According to SIL International, there are still about 15000-18000 Cocama in the ethnic sense alone in Peru, also in Brazil, 200 and less than 100 in Colombia.

The language of the Cocama ( Cocama Coca - Milla ) is spoken by only a few hundred, almost all old people. The Coca - Cocama Milla belongs to the Tupi languages ​​within the family of Tupi - Guarani languages. It is related to the language of Omagua the next.