Ashéninka language
| Ashéninka | |
|---|---|
| Campa | |
| Native to | Peru |
| Ethnicity | Ashéninka people |
Native speakers | 50,000 (2001–2002)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:prq – Perenécpu – Pichiscpc – Apurucayalicpb – Ucayali-Yurúacjo – Pajonalcpy – South Ucayali (spurious) |
| Glottolog | ashe1271 Asheninka |
| ELP | Ashéninka |
Ashéninka (Ashéninca, Ashéninga) is an indigenous American language of the Arawakan family spoken in Peru. According to the indigenous peoples database of the Peruvian Ministry of Education,[2] the Ashéninka people are 9,005 individuals. The Ethnologue gives much higher figures for the different Ashéninka varieties.
The Glottolog distinguishes five different Ashéninka languages (Perené, Pichis, Apurucayali, Pajonal and Ucayali-Yurúa). This classification was established by David Payne in his Apurucayali Axininca grammar,[3] but he referred to these different varieties as dialects and not as different languages.[3]: 3–5 Therefore, the present state of research does not allow to know until which extent the different Ashéninka varieties are mutually intelligible among them and with Asháninka.[4][5][6] However, Heitzman[4] says that the Pajonal and Ucayali varieties are mutually intelligible and Payne[5]: 14 says that Asháninka speakers can communicate with Ashéninka Perené speakers, but not with Ashéninka Apurucayali speakers.
Ashéninka is a locally official language in Peru, as are all native Peruvian languages. It and its relatives are also known by the largely pejorative term Campa.
References
- ^ Perené at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Pichis at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Apurucayali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Ucayali-Yurúa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Pajonal at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
South Ucayali (spurious) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ "Base de datos de pueblos indígenas u originarios – Ashéninka". Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ a b Payne, David L. (1981). The Phonology and Morphology of Axininca Campa. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- ^ a b Heitzman, Allene. 1973. Reflexes of some proto-Campa consonants in modern Campan languages and dialects. University of Kansas. MA thesis. p. 1
- ^ a b Payne, Judith K. (1989). Lecciones para el aprendizaje del idioma ashéninca (in Spanish). Yarinacocha: Ministerio de Educación & Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. p. 14.
- ^ Mihas, Elena (2015). A Grammar of Alto Perené (Arawak). Berlin: Mouton.