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Chamacoco is a Zamucoan language spoken in Paraguay and maybe Brazil by the Chamacoco people. It is also known as Xamicoco or Xamacoco although the tribe itself prefers the name Ishír which is also spelled Ishiro or Jewyo. When the term Ishiro (or yshyro or ɨshɨro) is used to refer to the language it is an abbreviation for Ishir(o) ahwoso literally meaning ‘the words the language of the Chamacoco people’.