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Preferred term

agrAguaruna  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Aguaruna is an indigenous American language of the Jivaroan family spoken by about 45,000 Aguaruna people in Peru. The speakers live along the western portion of the Marañón River and also along the Potro, Mayo, and Cahuapanas rivers. Native speakers currently prefer the name Awajún. According to the Ethnologue there are almost no monolingual speakers; nearly all also speak Spanish. The school system begins with Aguaruna only; as the students progress, Spanish is gradually added. There is a positive outlook and connotation in regard to bilingualism. 60 to 100% are literate and 50 to 75% are literate in Spanish. Huambisa and Achuar-Siwiar are closely related languages. A modest dictionary of the language has been published.

Entry terms

  • Aguaruna language

ISO 639-3 code

  • agr

nearly same as

In other languages

  • Aguaruna jezik

    Croatian

  • Aguaruna

    French

  • Lingua aguaruna

    Galician

  • Agvarunų kalba

    Lithuanian

  • Lenga aguaruna

    Piedmontese

  • Awahun simi

    Quechua

  • Агуаруна

    Russian

  • Idioma aguaruna

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/agr

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