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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Peru > Ajyíninka Apurucayali

Ajyíninka Apurucayali

A language of Peru

ISO 639-3cpc

Population  4,000 (2000 SIL).
Region  Apurucayali tributary of Pachitea River.
Language map  Peru, reference number 3
Alternate names   Ajyéninka, Apurucayali Campa, Ashaninca, Ashéninca Apurucayali, “Axininka Campa” , “Campa”
Dialects  Not intelligible with other varieties of Ashéninka.
Classification  Arawakan, Maipuran, Southern Maipuran, Pre-Andine
Language use  Official language.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 20%. Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2000.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  VSO.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anderson, Ronald James. 2000. Ashéninka stories of change.  Available for purchase

Black, H. Andrew. 1991. "The phonology of the velar glide in Axininca Campa."

Heise, María and others. 2000. Diccionario escolar Ashaninka/Asheninka.

Payne, David L. 1978. Phonology and morphology of Axininca (Apurucayali Campa).

Payne, David L. 1981. Phonology and morphology of Axininca Campa.  Available online

Payne, David L., Judith K. Payne, and Jorge Sánchez S. 1982. Morfología, fonología y fonética del asheninca del apurucayali (campa-arawak preandino).  Available online