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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Peru > Huachipaeri

Huachipaeri

A language of Peru

ISO 639-3hug

Population  310 (2000). 12 Sapiteri, 10 Toyeri, 20 Arasairi, 50 Manuquiari, 36 to 50 Pukirieri (Puncuri).
Region  Upper Madre de Dios and Keros rivers.
Language map  Peru, reference number 33
Alternate names   Huachipaire, “Mashco” , Wacipaire
Dialects  Huachipaire, Sapiteri, Toyeri (Toyoeri, Tuyuneri), Arasairi. Similar to Amarakaeri [amr]. Sapiteri integrating with the Amarakaeri. Toyeri is similar to Sapiteri. Some Kisambaeri (Amarakaeri dialect) have integrated with the Toyeri and others with the Sapiteri. Manuquiari may be a subgroup of Toyeri or Huachipaeri. Pukirieri may be a subgroup of Toyeri or Arasairi. Arasairi is distinct from Amarakaeri or Huachipaeri; similar to Sapiteri.
Classification  Harakmbet
Language use  Official language. Also use some Spanish.
Comments  SOV.

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Academic Publications

PECK, Charles W., author. 1979. Toyeri y Sapiteri: un informe preliminar de la fonología y el vocabulario.  Available online