Amahuaca

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A language of Peru

ISO 639-3
amc
Alternate Names
Amaguaco, Amahuaka, Amajuaca, Amawaka, Ameuhaque, Ipitineri, Ipitnere, Sayaco
Autonym
Yora
Population

300 in Peru (2007 census), decreasing. 20 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 300 (2007 census). Total users in all countries: 520.

Location

Madre de Dios and Ucayali regions: scattered on Aguaytía, Curanja, Curiuja, Inuya, Las Piedras, Mapuya, Purus, Sepahua, Upper Ucayali, and Yuruá rivers; Southeast Amazon basin.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Panoan, Mainline, Tri-State, Amawaka
Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Group disintegrating and losing its identity due to intermarriage with others. No bilingual education program (2007). Home, village. Adults only. Only children in the most distant communities still acquire the language (Crevels 2007). Negative attitudes. Also use Sharanahua [mcd], Spanish [spa], Yaminahua [yaa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1963–1997.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Amahuaca
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.

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