The cayapas or Chachi are an indigenous ethnic group that lives in the jungle region of the Northwest of Esmeraldas on the North coast of Ecuador. The cayapas belong to the barbacoana family, while cayapa is the traditional name of the language that the people have spoken. This town is also known as chachi, who speak the language cha ' palaa or cha ' Cayapa.The cayapas, together with los tsáchilas ( that apparently are related ) and the eperas, are the three only Amerindian pre-Hispanic groups that have survived in the Ecuadorian coastal area, while the waiting are originating in Colombia and arrived in Ecuador in recent times.
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