Urarina language

Urarina
Itucale, Simacu
kachá
Native toPeru
RegionLoreto Region, Urarinas District along the Chambira River
EthnicityUrarina people
Native speakers
3,000 (2002)
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3ura
Glottologurar1246
ELPUrarina

Urarina is a language isolate spoken in Peru, specifically in the Loreto Region of Northwest Peru, by the Urarina people. There are around 3,000 speakers in Urarinas District (along the Chambira River). It uses the Latin script. It is also known as Itucali, Simacu or Shimacu.

It has the rare canonical word order of object–verb–subject.