Campa languages
Appearance
Campa | |
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Pre-Andine | |
Geographic distribution | Western Amazon |
Linguistic classification | Arawakan
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Subdivisions | |
Language codes | |
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Glottolog | prea1240 |
ELP | Ashéninka |
The Campa (Kampa) or Campan (Kampan) languages, AKA Pre-Andine Maipurean / Arawakan, are closely related Arawakan languages of the Peruvian Amazon.
Languages
The Glottolog uses the term Pre-Andine for this group of languages and lists them as follows:
- Asháninka
- Ashéninka (Aiyíninka Apurucayali, Ashéninka Pajonal, Ashéninka Perené, Pichis Ashéninka, Ucayali-Yurúa Ashéninka).
- Caquinte
- Machiguenga
- Nanti
- Nomatsiguenga
There are grammars for Ashéninka Perené,[1] Nanti,[2] Aiyíninka Apurucayali,[3] and Caquinte.[4]
References
- ^ Mihas, Elena (2015). A Grammar of Alto Perené (Arawak). Berlin: Mouton.
- ^ Michael, Lev David (2008). Nanti evidential practice: Language, knowledge, and social action in an Amazonian society. Ann Arbor: University of Texas at Austin.
- ^ Payne, David L. (1981). The Phonology and Morphology of Axininca Campa. Dallas: The Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington.
- ^ Swift, Kenneth (1985). Morphology of Caquinte (Preandine Arawakan). University of Texas at Arlington (MA thesis).