Ashéninga language

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Ashéninka
Campa
Native to Peru
Ethnicity Ashéninka people
Native speakers
50,000 (2001–2002)[1]
Arawakan
  • Southern
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
cjo – Pajonal
cpy – South Ucayali
cpu – Pichis
cpb – Ucayali-Yurúa
prq – Perené
Glottolog ashe1271  (Asheninga + Axininca)[2]

Ashéninka (Ashéninga, Ashénika) is an indigenous American language of the Arawakan family spoken in Peru. All but a few of the 50,000 people in the ethnic group are fluent. Ashéninka is a dialect cluster of five partially mutually intelligible varieties:

Pajonal Ashéninka, South Ucayali Ashéninka, Pichis Ashéninka, Ucayali-Yuruá Ashéninka, Perené Ashéninka,

which are named for the region or river along which their speakers live.

Ashéninka is a locally official language in Peru, as are all native Peruvian languages. It and its relatives are also known by the largely pejorative term Campa.


References

  1. Pajonal at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    South Ucayali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Pichis at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Ucayali-Yurúa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Perené at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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