Maynas (Mayna, Maina), also known as Rimachu, is an extinct and unclassified language of

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. Several sources have listed it as a dialect of Omurano, which also goes by the name ''Mayna'', but Hammarström (2011) showed that they are separate languages. Attempts have been made to link Maynas with the Jivaroan, Cahuapanan, Zaparoan, and Candoshi languages, but they have not yet been conclusive (Campbell 2012). It was once spoken between the Nucuray River,

Chambira River The Chambira River is a major tributary of the Marañón River, and has been the traditional territory of the Urarina peoples for at least the past 350 years, if not longer. Located in the Amazon jungle of Peru, otherwise known as the Selva, the Ch ...

, and

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Languages of Peru Unclassified languages of South America Extinct languages of South America Cahuapanan languages {{na-lang-stub