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Amawaka language

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Amahuaca
Native to Peru , Brazil
Ethnicity Amahuaca
Native speakers
(520 cited 1995?2007) [1]
Panoan
  • Mainline
    • Nawa group
      • Headwaters subgroup
        • Amahuaca
Language codes
ISO 639-3 amc
Glottolog amah1246
ELP Amahuaca

Amahuaca is an indigenous language of the Amazon Basin in Peru and Brazil . It is also known as Amawaka, Amaguaco, Ameuhaque, Ipitineri, and Sayaco. Amahuaca is a Panoan language that is believed to be closely related to Cashinahua and Yaminawa . [2] There around 220 speakers in Brazil, and around 328 speakers in Peru. [1] [3]

30% of Amahuaca speakers are literate in Amahuaca and 50% are literate in Spanish. Amahuaca uses a Latin-based script. There are some bilingual schools. A dictionary has been developed along with a grammatical description and bible portions. [1]

Phonology [ edit ]

Vowels of Amahuaca [4]
Front Central Back
Close i ? ? ??
Close-mid o o
Open a a
Consonants of Amahuaca [4]
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive p t k ?
Fricative s ? x h
Semivowel j
Tap/flap ?

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c Amahuaca at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Fleck, David. 2013. Panoan Languages and Linguistics , Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History #99
  3. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica. 2017. Censos Nacionales 2017: XII de poblacion, VII de vivienda y III de comunidades indigenas. https://www.inei.gob.pe/estadisticas/censos/ Accessed: 2019-02-01
  4. ^ a b "Inventory Amahuaca (SAPHON 1998)" . phoible.org . Retrieved 29 May 2022 .

External links [ edit ]