Chácobo-Pakawara is a Panoan language spoken by about 550 of 860 ethnic tribal Chácobo people of the Beni Department of northwest of Magdalena, Bolivia, and (as of 2004) 17 of 50 Pakawara. Chácobo children are learning the language as a

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, but Pakawara is moribund. Karipuna may have been a variant; alternative names are Jaunavô (Jau-Navo) and Éloe. Several sleeping and unattested languages were reported to have been related, perhaps dialects. These include Capuibo and Sinabo/Shinabo of the Mamoré River. However, nothing is actually known of these purported languages.David Fleck, 2013, ''Panoan Languages and Linguistics'', Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History #99

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Montaño Aragon, M. ''Guía etnográfica lingüística de Bolivia' La Paz: Editorial Don Bosco, 1987

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Lenguas de Bolivia
(online edition)
New Testament in Chácobo

Chácobo
( Intercontinental Dictionary Series)
Pacahuara
( Intercontinental Dictionary Series) {{DEFAULTSORT:Chacobo Language Indigenous languages of the Andes Panoan languages Mamoré–Guaporé linguistic area