Peba–Yaguan languages

Peba - Yagua is a small indigenous South American language family, which consists of three languages:

  • Peba
  • Yagua (also: Yava, Llagua, Yegua ) [ yad ]
  • Yameo [ yme ]

(In square brackets, the language code from ISO 639-3 is indicated. )

The Yagua is still spoken by about 5,700 people in Peru, the other two languages ​​are now extinct. They were also based in Peru.

The Peba was spoken north of the city Pebas the Amazon, whose name apparently associated with this ethnic group.

Doris L. Payne holds a relationship between these languages ​​and the languages ​​Zaparo possible.

Linguistic characteristics

The Yagua has the basic word order verb-subject - object ( VSO).

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