Amahuaca > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Amahuaca
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Amawaka; Amaguaco; Ameuhaque; Ipitineri; Sayaco; Amawaka language area
Spoken in:
Brazil, Peru
Number of speakers:
110 in Peru (2000 SIL), decreasing. 20 monolinguals. Population total all countries: 330. Ethnic population: 500 (300 in Peru and 200 in Brazil). Perhaps 50 in the border areas have not been contacted
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
500
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
310
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
amc
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Tacanan (Takánan), Panoan
Parent Subgroup:
Amahuaca; Amawaka (amah)
Child Dialects:
Inuvaken (amc-inu)
Viwivakeu (amc-viw)
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
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