Aguaruna language
E48223
The Aguaruna language is a Jivaroan language spoken by the Aguaruna (Awajún) people of northern Peru, closely related to the Shuar language of Ecuador.
Aliases (1)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jivaroan language
→
indigenous language of the Americas → language → |
| belongsToMacroArea | South America → |
| closelyRelatedTo | Shuar language → |
| country | Peru → |
| culturalDomain |
Aguaruna ethnobotany
→
Aguaruna oral literature → Aguaruna traditional knowledge → |
| ethnicity |
Aguaruna
→
Awajún → |
| geneticClassification | Jivaroan → |
| hasAlternativeName |
Awajún language
→
surface form: "Aguajún language"
Awajún language → |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SOV → |
| hasCommunityEfforts |
language maintenance
→
language revitalization → |
| hasDialects | various regional varieties → |
| hasGlottocode | agua1253 → |
| hasLinguisticResearchOn |
lexicon
→
morphology → phonology → syntax → |
| hasLoanwordsFrom | Spanish → |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative → |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
→
tone or pitch accent-like distinctions → |
| hasStandardization | orthographic norms promoted in Peru → |
| isEndangeredStatus | vulnerable or threatened → |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Peru → |
| iso639-3Code | agr → |
| isSubjectOf |
descriptive grammars
→
dictionaries → ethnolinguistic studies → |
| languageFamily | Jivaroan languages → |
| region |
Peruvian Amazon
→
surface form: "Amazonas Region"
Cajamarca Region → Loreto Region of Peru →
surface form: "Loreto Region"
San Martín Region → |
| spokenBy |
Aguaruna people
→
Aguaruna people →
surface form: "Awajún people"
|
| spokenIn | Peru → |
| spokenInRegion | northern Peru → |
| usedAlongside | Spanish language → |
| usedFor |
daily communication
→
oral tradition → traditional rituals → |
| usedInEducation | bilingual intercultural education programs in Peru → |
| writingSystem | Latin script → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.