Ucayali-Yurúa Ashéninka

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Ashéninka Ucayali-Yurúa
Spoken in: Perú, Brazil
Total speakers: 7,212 (2001 SIL)
Language family: American
 Arawakan
  Maipuran
   Southern Maipuran
    Pre-Andine
     Ashéninka Ucayali-Yurúa
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: cpb
ISO 639-3: cpb

Ashéninka Ucayali-Yurúa is an indigenous American language spoken along Perú's Ucayali and Yurúa river by 7,000 people and also 212 people in the Brazilian state of Acre. There is a 15% literacy rate, it is an official language of Perú in the area where it is the dominant language. A dictionary and grammar have been developed.


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