The members of the Záparo ethnic group now speak Quichua, though there is a language revival effort beginning.

As a result, their communities were heavily disrupted, and their scattered members began to intermarry with neighboring tribes.

Brenda J. Bowser, a professor of anthropology at CSUF, is working to capture the linguistic and oral history of the Záparo of Ecuadorian Amazonia with the help of a grant by the National Science Foundation.

She hopes to fill a large gap in the understanding of the precolonial social and cultural history of the upper Amazon.

[2] The Záparo have also collaborated with Juan Casco, an Ecuadorian type designer, in discussing a syllabary system that facilitates in writing their language.