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Klassifizierung: Pano-Tacanan
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Amawaka, Ameuhaque, Sayaco, Ipitineri, Amaguaco, Amawaka language area |
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Pano-Tacanan, Mainline |
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Informationen von: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
Informationen von: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
Some children are still learning the language.
No bilingual education programs
Peru, Department of Ucayali, Province of Coronel Portillo, along the Mapuya, Curuija, Sepahua and Inuya rivers.
Informationen von: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
500
110 of the 330 speakers are in Peru (2000 SIL). The number of speakers is decreasing. There are 20 monolinguals. 300 of the ethnic population are in Peru and 200 are in Brazil. "Perhaps 50 [speakers] in the border areas have not been contacted."
Sharanahua [mcd]
Spanish [spa]
Yaminahua [yaa]
Southeast Amazon Basin, Ucayali and Madre de Dios regions scattered on Sepahua, Curiuja, Curanja, Upper Ucayali, Inuya, Mapuya, Purus, Aguaytía, Yuruá, and Las Piedras rivers.
Informationen von: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
300 in Peru, ethnic population 500.
220 in Brazil.
(Perhaps 50 not contacted in the border area.)
Home, village. Mainly older adults; only children in the most distant communities still acquire the language.
Peru: 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.
Brazil: Acre state: Peru border area.
Informationen von: “Base de Datos de Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios” . Ministerio de Cultura
no official alphabet
Spoken by the Amahuaca people in the basin of the Purús river in Purús Province (Ucayali Region), the basins of the Yurúa, Inuya, and Sepahua rivers in Atalaya Province (Ucayali Region), and the Las Piedras river in the Madre de Dios Region.
Informationen von: “Panoan Languages and Linguistics” . Fleck, David W. (2013) American Museum of Natural History
"currently, Sepahua, Purús, Curiuja, Curanja, Yuruá, u[pper] Ucayali and Río de las Piedras R[iver]s, Peru and supposedly uncontacted Amawakas on the u[pper] Purus in Brazil (Sparing, 2007); Liberdade R[iver] (r[ight ]b[ank] af[fluent] Juruá R[iver]), Brazil (Rodrigues, 1986); historically at similar locations in Peru and af[fluent] u[pper] Purus and Juruá R[iver]s, Brazil (Rivet and Tastevin, 1921: 450). †Nishinawa – Jordão R[iver] (l[eft ]b[ank] af[fluent] u[pper] Tarauacá R[iver], in turn l[eft ]b[ank] af[fluent] Envira R[iver], in turn r[ight ]b[ank] af[fluent] u[pper] Juruá R), Brazil (Loukotka, 1963: 33). †Yumanawa – Serrano R (rb af u Juruá R; Tastevin, 1925: 415), u Ibuya R (lb af[fluent] u[pper] Envira R[ivr], r[ight ]b[ank] af[fluent] u[pper] Juruá R[iver]; Tastevin, 1926: 34, 49); Muruzinho R[iver] l[eft ]b[ank] af[fluent] u[pper] Muru R[iver], r[ight ]b[ank] af[fluent] Tarauacá R[iver], l[eft ]b[ank] af[fluent Envira R[iver], r[ight ]b[ank] af[fluent] u[pper] Juruá R (Loukotka, 1963: 33), Brazil" (p.108).