Machiguenga

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The Machiguenga (also Matsigenka, Matsigenga) are an indigenous people of the jungle regions of eastern Peru.

[edit] Language

The Machiguenga language belongs to the Campa group of the Southern Maipurean (Arawakan) language family.

There are two varieties of Machiguenga:

1. Caquinte
2. Machiguenga (proper)

The Machiguenga language is spoken by 8,000 people in the Amazon of Eastern Peru

[edit] Culture

Machiguenga seek to avoid anger at all costs (A. Johnson et al., 1986)

[edit] Bibliography

• Baksh, M. (1990) Time Allocation among the Machiguenga of Camana (Peru). New Haven, CT: HRAF Press.
• Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
• Deyermenjian, G. (1988) Land Rights, Cultural Survival and Innovation among Indigenous Peoples of the Western Amazon Basin: The Case of the Machiguenga. Master's Thesis, Clark University, International Development Dept.
• Solís Fonseca, Gustavo. (2003). Lenguas en la amazonía peruana. Lima: edición por demanda.