| Caquinte | |
|---|---|
| Poyenisati | |
| Native to | Peru |
Native speakers | 500 (2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cot |
| Glottolog | caqu1242 |
| ELP | Caquinte |
Caquinte (Caquinte Campa), alsoPoyenisati, is anArawakan language ofPeru. It is spoken along the Poyeni, Mayapo, Picha, Yori, and Agueni rivers, with some speakers along parts of the Sensa and Vitiricaya rivers, withinJunín, Peru.[2] It is an endangered language.[1]
Caquinte people are a division of theCampa Indians. They mostly live outside the "regionalcash economy". They raisemanioc as proteinstaple, being asubsistence agricultural community. There are approximately 1,000 people with "sporadic" outside contact.[3]
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