Machiguenga
A language of Peru
| Population | 10,100 (2000). |
| Region | Urubamba, Camisea, Picha, Manu, Timpia, Tigompinia, Kompiroshiato, and Mishagua rivers. |
| Language map |
Peru, reference number 47 |
| Alternate names | Mañaries, Matsiganga, Matsigenka |
| Dialects | Most similar to Nomatsiguenga [not]. There are minor dialects. |
| Classification | Arawakan, Maipuran, Southern Maipuran, Pre-Andine |
| Language use | Official language. All ages. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. NT: 1976–1997. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VSO. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Baer, Gerhard and Wayne W. Snell. 1974. "An ayahuasca ceremony among the Matsigenka (Eastern Peru)."
Carlson, Sylvia Elizabeth. 1985. A discourse analysis of a Machiguenga text.
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Davis, Harold and Betty E. Snell, compilers. 1999. Kenkitsatagantsi matsigenka (Cuentos folkloricos de los Machiguenga).
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Davis, Patricia M. 1973. "Confeccionando cartillas."
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Davis, Patricia M. 1979. "Elaborando libros de lectura."
Davis, Patricia M. 1988. "Literacy amongst the Machiguenga: a case study."
Davis, Patricia M. 1996. Leer es aprender: Adquisición, retención y uso del alfabetismo entre los machiguengas de la Amazonia.
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Davis, Patricia M. 2004. Reading is for knowing: literacy acquisition, retention and usage among the Machiguenga.
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Grosh, Sylvia Carlson. 1996. "Análisis lingüístico de un texto machiguenga."
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Snell, Betty E. 1974. Machiguenga: Fonología y vocabulario breve.
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Snell, Betty E. and Mary Ruth Wise. 1963. "Noncontingent declarative clauses in Machiguenga (Arawak)."
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Snell, Betty E., compiler. 1998. Pequeño diccionario machiguenga-castellano.
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Snell, Wayne W. 1964. Kinship relations in Machiguenga.
Snell, Wayne W. 1972. "El sistema de parentesco entre los machiguencas."
Solís, Gustavo and Betty A. Snell, compilers. 2005. Tata onkantakera niagantsipage anianeegiku (Diccionario escolar Machiguenga).
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Various authors. 1973. Programa de educación bilingüe de la selva.
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Waterhouse, Viola G., editor. 1963. Studies in Peruvian Indian languages 1.
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Wieseke, Neva M. 1968. "Encuesta médica de dos aldeas machiguengas."
Wise, Mary Ruth. 2007. Review of: Estudio sobre la lengua Machiguenga, by Fray José Pio Aza.
Vernacular Publications
Cartilla matsigenka sankevanti 1, 2. n.d.
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Cartilla matsigenka sankevanti 3, 4. 1954.
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Kenkitsatagantsi Matsigenka. 1968.
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La vida de Simón Bolívar. 1970.
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Manual de escritura y ortografía 2. 1966.
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Marinita potsitasevagevetankicharira. 1984.
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Matemática 2: Texto de consulta para segundo grado. 1983.
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Matsontsori = El juaguar. 1999.
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Naturaleza y vida social 1. 1958.
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Ogari nia okañovetakaro ampi. 1970.
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Timagetatsirira Africaku. 1991.
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Timagetatsirira inkenishiku. 1985.
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Tsironi ontiri chogotaro; Kitemampori; Kovuvagetatsirira amerinikunirira; Ikantavetunkanirira pantyo ivegagarikatyo; Pingüino paitacharira Pepito. 1972.
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Tyara okantagani otsirinkaganira niagantsi. 1971.
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Tyara okantagani otsirinkaganira niagantsi. 1971.
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