Native to Peru ISO 639-3 cpc | Native speakers 4,000 (2000) Glottolog ajyi1238 | |
Language family Arawakan
Southern
Campa (Pre-Andine)
Axininca | ||
Axininca (also Axininca Campa, Ajyíninka Apurucayali, Campa, Ashaninca, Ashéninca Apurucayali, Apurucayali Campa, Ajyéninka) is an Arawakan language spoken along the Apurucayali tributary of the Pachitea River in Peru.
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It has figured quite prominently in linguistic theory involving phonology (especially prosody including its stress) and morphology.
Demographics and language policy
There is 20% literacy in Ajyíninka Apurucayali and 30% literacy in Spanish, there is much bilingualism.
It is an official language.
Genealogical relations
The language is not mutually comprehensible with related Ashéninka Campa varieties.
References
Axininca language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA