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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Peru > Ashéninka Perené

Ashéninka Perené

A language of Peru

ISO 639-3prq

Population  5,500 (2001 SIL).
Region  Upper Perené River (tributary of Pachitea River).
Language map  Peru, reference number 11
Alternate names   Ashéninca Perené, “Perené Campa”
Dialects  Somewhat intelligible with other Ashéninka varieties.
Classification  Arawakan, Maipuran, Southern Maipuran, Pre-Andine
Language use  Official language. Also use Spanish.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 55%. Grammar.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  VSO.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anderson, Ronald J. 1985. "The blitz writer’s workshop: An Asheninca one weeker."

Anderson, Ronald J. 1990. "Seminario relámpago: Una semana para autores ashénincas."  Available online

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

Anderson, Ronald James; Marlene Ballena Dávila, translator. 2002. Historias de cambio de los ashéninka.  Available online

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

Payne, Judith K. 1989. Lecciones para el aprendizaje del idioma ashéninca.  Available online

Payne, Judith K. and David L. Payne. 2005. "The pragmatics of split intransitivity in ashéninka."