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Classification: Arawakan
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Asháninga, Campa (Axininca), Asháninca, Ashaninca, Asháninka, "Campa" |
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Arawakan, Southern Arawakan, Campa |
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Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
There are 20,000 Ashaninca speakers in Peru and 800 in Brazil.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
25,000-30,000
26,000 (2000 SIL). Ethnic population: 26,000 (2000 SIL) (2013).
Ethnologue 2016 gives only the population figure, 35,200 (from 2997).
Junin, Ayacucho, Cusco, Apurimac, and Ucayali regions; Apurimac, Ene, Perene, and Tambo rivers and tributaries.
Junin, Ayacucho, Cusco, Apurimac, and Ucayali regions; Apurimac, Ene, Perene, and Tambo rivers and tributaries.
Information from: “Base de Datos de Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios” . Ministerio de Cultura
According to the Population and Housing Census (1993), the population exceeded 50,000 speakers (UNICEF, 2009). The Census II Native Communities (INEI, 2007) recorded more than 97,000 people identified as either Ashaninka and Asheninka (Ministry of Education, 2013).
The alphabet was standardized in 2008 by the Peruvian Ministry of Education together with representatives of the Asheninka and Ashaninka peoples (RD 0606-2008-ED). It contains 19 letters.
Spoken in the basins of the Ucayali, Tambo, Cohengua, Perené, Pachitea, Yura, Chinchihuani, Ene, and Apurimac rivers, in the Junín, Cusco, Lima, Ayacucho, Apurímac, Pasco, Ucayali and Huanuco Regions in Peru; also spoken in Brazil.