Nomatsiguenga
A language of Peru
| Population | 6,500 (2003 SIL). 5,500 to 6,000 monolinguals. |
| Region | Junín Department, between rivers Ene and Perene, Anapati River system in the foothills. |
| Language map |
Peru, reference number 55 |
| Alternate names | “Nomatsiguenga Campa” |
| Dialects | Most similar to Machiguenga [mcb]. |
| Classification | Arawakan, Maipuran, Southern Maipuran, Pre-Andine |
| Language use | Official language. All ages. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 35%–40%. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1980. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VSO. Traditional religion, Christian, syncretism. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Shaver, Harold and Lois Dodds. 1990. Los nomatsiguenga de la selva central.
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Shaver, Harold, compiler. 1996. Diccionario nomatsiguenga—castellano castellano—nomatsiguenga.
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Shaver, Harold. 1975. "Campa nomatsiguenga: Modificantes."
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Shaver, Harold. 1975. "Campa nomatsiguenga: Tiempos del verbo."
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Shaver, Harold. 1975. "Los campa-nomatsiguenga de la Amazonia peruana y su cosmología."
Shaver, Harold. 1982. "Funciones de la partícula cara en nomatsiguenga."
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Shaver, Harold. 1982. "Relaciones entre proposiciones en nomatsiguenga."
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Various authors. 1975. Datos Etno-Lingüísticos 11.
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Wise, Mary Ruth and Ivan Lowe. 1972. "Permutation groups in discourse."
Wise, Mary Ruth. 1969. "Representación pronominal en nomatsiguenga."
Wise, Mary Ruth. 1971. Identification of participants in discourse: a study of aspects of form and meaning in Nomatsiguenga.
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Wise, Mary Ruth. 1974. "Social roles, plot roles, and focal roles in a Nomatsiguenga Campa myth."
Wise, Mary Ruth. 2002. "Applicative affixes in Peruvian Amazonian languages."
Vernacular Publications
Constitución política del Perú, sancionada y promulgada por la asamblea constituyente el 12 de julio de 1979 y el mandato del poder ejecutivo para que se cumpla, el 28 de julio de 1980. 1987.
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Homenaje a la declaración universal de derechos humanos en su 40˚ aniversario 1948-1988. 1988.
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Intsome asanguenate (Libro 2 para la escritura). 1981.
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La anquilostomiasis y la amebiasis. 1993.
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Timaguepatsiri Africaquë aisati paricotipague. 1995.
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