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Piro Indian Language (Cujareño)
Piro is an Arawakan language of South America,
spoken by only a few tribal elders in eastern Peru. Piro is very closely related to the neighboring
Iñapari language,
and some consider them to be dialects of a single language. The Mashco Piro language is also frequently
confused with the much more widely-spoken Yine and Machinere languages, both because members of all three
groups are generically referred to as "Piro" and also because the identifier "Mashco" is rejected as derogatory by
many Piro speakers. Piro is a polysynthetic language with predominantly SOV word order.
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Piro Words:
Our list of vocabulary words in the Piro language, with comparison to words in other Arawakan languages.
Piro Numbers:
Learn how to count in the Piro language.
Piro Language Resources
La Lengua Piro:
Information on Piro and Machinere including a text sample and linguistic map of Peru. Page in Spanish.
Language Museum: Piro:
Bible passage in the Piro Indian language.
Mashco Piro Language:
Demographic information on Piro from the Ethnologue of Languages.
Piro Language Tree:
Theories about Mashco Piro's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.
An Isolated Tribe Emerges From The Rain Forest:
In-depth article about the Mashco Piro tribe's difficult history with Western civilization.
Transitory Reserves for Mashco-Piro Indians:
Article on Peru's protection plan for the Piro tribe.
Mashco Culture:
Articles on the history and traditions of the Mashco tribes.
Links, References, and Additional Information
Wikipedia: Yine 
Mascho Piro:
Encyclopedia articles on the Piro language.
Los Piros Cultura Mashco Piro Idioma Yine:
Information about the Yine and Mashko Piro in Spanish.
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