Amadeo García García
Last speaker of the Taushiro language
About Amadeo García García
Amadeo García García (born , Gómez Caño) is a man who is the last speaker of the Taushiro language, a language isolate. In June 2015, he was residing in "Intuto on the Tigre River in the northeastern Peruvian region of Loreto." Zachary O’Hagan did targeted field work with him on topics such as ethnohistory, genealogy, sociocultural practices, lexicon, and grammar.
As of December 2017 government linguists from Peru's Ministry of Culture, working with Amadeo, have created a database of 1,500 Taushiro words, 27 stories, and three songs.
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Last speaker of the Taushiro language
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Amadeo García García. https://biography.guide/amadeo-garcia-garcia/
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