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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. There around 220 speakers in Brazil, and around 328 speakers in Peru.

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

• Amhuaca people

References

1. ^ Amahuaca at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Fleck, David. 2013. Panoan Languages and Linguistics, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History #99
3. 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
4. ^ "Inventory Amahuaca (SAPHON 1998)". phoible.org. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

External links

• Sparing-Chávez, Margarethe (2012). Aspects of Amahuaca Grammar (PDF). SIL International. ISBN 9781556713033. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2018-07-11.

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