Matsigenka language

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The Matsigenka language is an Arawakan language spoken by the Matsigenka people of the Peruvian Amazon, known for its rich oral tradition and close relation to other Kampan Arawak languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazonian language
Arawakan language
indigenous language of the Americas
belongsToMacroArea South America NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Asháninka language
Ashéninka language NERFINISHED
Nomatsiguenga language NERFINISHED
country Peru
documentationStatus described in grammars and dictionaries
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Matsigenka people NERFINISHED
glottocode mach1267
hasAlternativeName Machigenga NERFINISHED
Machiguenga
Matsigenga
Matsigenka-Machiguenga NERFINISHED
hasCommunitySize several thousand speakers
hasDialects Matsigenka proper NERFINISHED
Nomatsiguenga NERFINISHED
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Spanish NERFINISHED
hasOralTradition rich oral tradition
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasalization
simple consonant inventory
hasWordOrder SOV-dominant
ISO639-3Code mcb
isPartOfCluster Kampa (Kampan) Arawak languages
languageFamily Arawakan language family NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Peruvian government as an indigenous language
region Cusco Region NERFINISHED
Madre de Dios Region NERFINISHED
spokenAlong Alto Madre de Dios River NERFINISHED
Manu River NERFINISHED
Urubamba River NERFINISHED
spokenBy Matsigenka people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Peru NERFINISHED
Peruvian Amazon NERFINISHED
subfamily Kampan Arawak NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
complex verbal morphology
verb-final tendency
usedFor daily communication
ritual practices
traditional storytelling
usedIn Matsigenka communities in remote rainforest settlements
usedInEducation bilingual intercultural education programs in Peru
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Nanti language closelyRelatedTo Matsigenka language
Asháninka language relatedTo Matsigenka language