ASHÉNINCA PERENÉ: a language of Peru

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: CPP

ISO 639-2: sai

Population 9,000 (1995 SIL). 
Region Perené tributary of the Pachitea River.
Alternate names   PERENÉ, CAMPA
Classification Arawakan, Maipuran, Southern Maipuran, Campa.
Comments Not intelligible with other Campa languages. 'Campa' is a derogatory name. VSO.

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