Ashéninga language
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Ashéninka | |
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Campa | |
Native to | Peru |
Ethnicity | Ashéninka people |
Native speakers
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50,000 (2001–2002)[1] |
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
- ↑ 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) - ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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