Andoa is an extinct Zaparoan language

Language

Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...

 of Peru

Peru

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. It was found in the Pastaza River

Pastaza River

The Pastaza is a large tributary to the Amazon River.It has its headwaters in the province of Tungurahua, where the Tambo River joins the Latacunga River, near the foot of the Volcano Tungurahua, flowing south-east towards the Amazon Basin...

 region of Peru. It is also known as Shimigae/Semigae and Gae/Gay. The Andoa people have integrated into the Quechua and now speak either Pastaza Quechua or Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

. In Ecuador there remains one fluent speaker who is attempting to teach the language to others to keep it alive. The last known speaker died in 1993.

External links

• Ethnologue report for Andoa

“Dos lenguas que no quieren morir.” El Comercio. 22 Enero 2008. 13 Febrero 2008 http://www2.elcomercio.com/solo_texto_search.asp?id_noticia=107499&anio=2008&mes=1&dia=22.