Amawaka language
(Redirected from Amahuaca language)
| Amahuaca | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Perú, Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Amahuaca |
Native speakers | (310 cited 1995–2000)[1] |
Panoan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | amc |
| Glottolog | amah1246 |
Amahuaca is an indigenous language of the Amazon Basin in Perú 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
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | ĩ i | ɨ̃ ɨ | |
| Close-mid | o õ | ||
| Open | ã a |
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial–velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Sibilant affricate | ts | t̠ʃ | |||||
| Sibilant fricative | s | ʃ | |||||
| Non-sibilant fricative | x | h | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | |||||
| Tap/flap | ɾ |
See also
References
- ^ a b c Amahuaca at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Fleck, David. 2013. Panoan Languages and Linguistics, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History #99
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "Inventory Amahuaca (SAPHON 1998)". phoible.org. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
External links
- "Aspects of Amahuaca Grammar" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)
Categories:
- Pages containing links to subscription-only content
- Language articles citing Ethnologue 18
- Articles with short description
- Language articles with old Ethnologue 18 speaker data
- CS1 errors: missing periodical
- AC with 0 elements
- Indigenous languages of Western Amazonia
- Languages of Peru
- Languages of Brazil
- Panoan languages
- Pano-Tacanan languages
- All stub articles
- Indigenous languages of the Americas stubs