Mashco Piro language

Mashco Piro is an Arawakan language spoken in Peru, by the Mashco Piro or Nomole (meaning 'brothers' or 'countrymen' in Mashco Piro and Yine). It is also called Cujareño. It is very similar to the Piro (Yine), with an estimated 60% inherent intelligibility.^[1] Kaufman considered it a dialect of Piro; Aikhenvald suggests it may rather be a dialect of Iñapari.^[2][3] According to the Yine, the language of the Mashco Piro is more archaic than modern Yine, and is about 80% comprehensible with it.^[4]

Mashco Piro
Cujareño
Nomole
Native to	Peru
Ethnicity	Nomole
Native speakers	200 (2012)[1]
Language family	Arawakan Southern Piro Yine/Iñapari Mashco Piro
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cuj
Glottolog	mash1270
ELP	Mashco Piro

Language documentation is limited, since the Nomole are highly nomadic hunter-gatherers^[1] who avoid contact with outsiders. The name Cujareño has been associated with the Panoan languages, though without much evidence.