Amawaka language

Amahuaca
Yora
Native to	Peru, Brazil
Ethnicity	Amahuaca
Native speakers	(520 cited 1995–2007) [1]
Language family	Panoan Mainline Nawa group Headwaters subgroup Amahuaca
Language codes
ISO 639-3	amc
Glottolog	amah1246
ELP	Amahuaca
Map of Amawaca among the Pano-Tacanan languages

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
Approximant			j
Tap/flap		ɾ

See also

• Amhuaca people

References

1. Amahuaca at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
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. "Inventory Amahuaca (SAPHON 1998)". phoible.org. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

External links

• Sparing-Chávez, Margarethe (2012). Aspects of Amahuaca Grammar (PDF). SIL International. ISBN   9781556713033. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2018-07-11.