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Campa languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
Western Amazon

Glottolog:
  
prea1240

Linguistic classification:
  
Arawakan Southern Campa

Subdivisions:
  
Asháninka Ashéninka Caquinte Machiguenga Nanti Nomatsiguenga

The Campa (Kampa) or Campan (Kampan) languages, a.k.a. 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, Nanti, Aiyíninka Apurucayali, and Caquinte.

    References

    Campa languages Wikipedia
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