Pajonal Ashéninka

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Ashéninka Pajonal
Spoken in: Perú
Total speakers: 12,000 (2002 SIL)
Language family: American
 Arawakan
  Maipuran
   Southern Maipuran
    Pre-Andine
     Ashéninka Pajonal
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: cjo
ISO 639-3: cjo

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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