Amahuaca is an indigenous language of the
Amazon Basin in
Perú and
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. 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.
[Fleck, David. 2013. ]
Panoan Languages and Linguistics
', Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History #99 There around 220 speakers in Brazil, and around 328 speakers in Peru.
[Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. 2017. Censos Nacionales 2017: XII de población, VII de vivienda y III de comunidades indígenas. https://www.inei.gob.pe/estadisticas/censos/ Accessed: 2019-02-01]
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.
Phonology
See also
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Amhuaca people
References
External links
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Indigenous languages of Western Amazonia
Languages of Peru
Languages of Brazil
Panoan languages
Pano-Tacanan languages
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