Pajonal Ashéninka

Ashéninka Pajonal
Spoken in	Perú
Native speakers	12,000 (2002 SIL)  (date missing)
Language family	Arawakan Southern Campa Ashéninka Ashéninka Pajonal
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cjo

Ashéninka Pajonal is an American indigenous language of the Arawakan family spoken in Perú by native people in the Central Gran Pajonal area. All but a few of the 12,000 people in the ethnic group are fluent. Other names for Ashéninka Pajonal are Ashéninca, Atsiri, Pajonal, and lasty the largely pejorative term, Campa. Pajonal is an official language in Perú throughout the area in which it is spoken as all languages are in this nation. The literacy rate is 20% compared to 15% for second language Spanish. Pajonal is one of 5 related Ashéninka languages.

References

• Ashéninka Pajonal