Aguano is a possibly

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of Peru. Loukotka (1968) classified it as Chamicuro, but Chamicuro speakers say that the Aguano language was not the same as theirs, but rather that the Aguano people spoke Quechua (Wise 1987).

Names and varieties

Alternate spellings are ''Uguano, Aguanu, Awano''; it has also been called ''Santa Crucino''. Mason (1950) listed three Aguano groups, Aguano proper (including Seculusepa/Chilicawa and Melikine/Tivilo), Cutinana, and Maparina.Mason, J. Alden. 1950. The languages of South America. In: Julian Steward (ed.), ''Handbook of South American Indians'', Volume 6, 157–317. (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143.) Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. Schematically, these can be summarized as: *Aguano proper **Seculusepa (Chilicawa) **Melikine (Tivilo) *Cutinana *Maparina

References

OLAC resources in and about the Aguano language
Indigenous languages of South America Unattested languages of South America Extinct languages of South America {{indigenousAmerican-lang-stub