Aguano
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A language of Peru
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Aguanu, Ahuano, Awano, Awáno, Santa Crucino, Uguano
Population
No known L1 speakers.
Location
Loreto region: lower Huallaga and upper Samiria rivers, right bank tributary of Marañon river.
Language Status
10 (Extinct).
Classification
Language Use
The language of the Aguano is not known because they shifted to using a variety of Quechua in the 16th century (Onofrio 1995).
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten [Qaax].
Reportedly, in 1959, there were 40 families in Santa Cruz de Huallaga who did not speak Aguano but were members of the ethnic group.