Pajonal Ashéninka
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| Ashéninka Pajonal | ||
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| Spoken in: | Perú | |
| Total speakers: | 12,000 (2002 SIL) | |
| Language family: | American Arawakan Maipuran Southern Maipuran Pre-Andine Ashéninka Pajonal |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | cjo | |
| ISO 639-3: | cjo | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Ashéninka Pajonal is an American indigenous language of the Arawakan family spoken in Perú by native people in the Central Gran Pajonal area. All but a few of the 12,000 people in the ethnic group are fluent. Other names for Ashéninka Pajonal are Ashéninca, Atsiri, Pajonal, and lasty the largely pejorative term, Campa. Pajonal is an official language in Perú throghout the are in which it is spoken as all languages are in this nation. The literacy rate is 20% compared to 15% for second language Spanish. Pajonal is one of 5 related Ashéninka languages.
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Ashéninka languages
Pajonal Ashéninka · Perené Ashéninka · Pichis Ashéninka · South Ucayali Ashéninka · Ucayali-Yurúa Ashéninka
