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Amahuaca
Yora
Native to	Peru,Brazil
Ethnicity	Amahuaca
Native speakers	(520 cited 1995–2007)[1]
Language family	Panoan Mainline Nawa group Headwaters subgroup Amahuaca
Language codes
ISO 639-3	amc
Glottolog	amah1246
ELP	Amahuaca
Map of Amawaca among the Pano-Tacanan languages

Amahuaca is an indigenous language of theAmazon Basin inPeru andBrazil. It is also known as Amawaka, Amaguaco, Ameuhaque, Ipitineri, and Sayaco. Amahuaca is aPanoan language that is believed to be closely related toCashinahua andYaminawa.^[2] There around 220 speakers in Brazil, and around 328 speakers in Peru.^[1][3]

30% of Amahuaca speakers are literate in Amahuaca and 50% are literate in Spanish. Amahuaca uses a Latin-based script. There are some bilingual schools. A dictionary has been developed along with a grammatical description and bible portions.^[1]

• Amhuaca people

• Sparing-Chávez, Margarethe (2012).Aspects of Amahuaca Grammar(PDF). SIL International.ISBN 9781556713033. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2017-03-29. Retrieved2018-07-11.

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