Taushiro language
| Taushiro | |
|---|---|
| Pinche | |
| Region | Peru |
| Ethnicity | 5 (2017) |
Native speakers | 1 (2017) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | trr |
| Glottolog | taus1253 |
| ELP | Taushiro |
Taushiro is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Taushiro, also known as Pinche or Pinchi, is a nearly extinct possible language isolate of the Peruvian Amazon near Ecuador. In 2000 SIL counted one speaker in an ethnic population of 20. Documentation was done in the mid-1970s by Neftalí Alicea. The last living speaker of Taushiro, Amadeo García García, was profiled in The New York Times in 2017.
The first glossary of Taushiro contained 200 words and was collected by Daniel Velie in 1971.