Amawaka language

Amahuaca
Native toPeru, Brazil
EthnicityAmahuaca
Native speakers
(520 cited 1995–2007)[1]
Panoan
  • Mainline
    • Nawa group
      • Headwaters subgroup
        • Amahuaca
Language codes
ISO 639-3amc
Glottologamah1246
ELPAmahuaca

Amahuaca is an indigenous language of the Amazon Basin in Peru and Brazil. It is also known as Amawaka, Amaguaco, Ameuhaque, Ipitineri, and Sayaco. Amahuaca is a Panoan language that is believed to be closely related to Cashinahua and Yaminawa.[2] There around 220 speakers in Brazil, and around 328 speakers in Peru.[1][3]

30% of Amahuaca speakers are literate in Amahuaca and 50% are literate in Spanish. Amahuaca uses a Latin-based script. There are some bilingual schools. A dictionary has been developed along with a grammatical description and bible portions.[1]

Phonology

Vowels of Amahuaca[4]
Front Central Back
plain nasal plain nasal plain nasal
Close i ĩ ɨ ɨ̃
Close-mid o õ
Open a ã
Consonants of Amahuaca[4]
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive p t k ʔ
Fricative s ʃ x h
Semivowel j
Tap/flap ɾ

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Amahuaca at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Fleck, David. 2013. Panoan Languages and Linguistics, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History #99
  3. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. 2017. Censos Nacionales 2017: XII de población, VII de vivienda y III de comunidades indígenas. https://www.inei.gob.pe/estadisticas/censos/ Accessed: 2019-02-01
  4. ^ a b "Inventory Amahuaca (SAPHON 1998)". phoible.org. Retrieved 29 May 2022.


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