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Aguaruna Indian Language (Awajun)

Aguaruna is a Jivaroan language of South America, closely related to Shuar. Like other Jivaroan languages, Aguaruna is an agglutinative language with SOV word order. Aguaruna is spoken by 30,000 people in northern Peru.

˜Aguaruna Language

Aguaruna language samples and resources.

˜Aguaruna Culture and History

Information and links about the Aguaruna tribe past and present.

˜Aguaruna Language Resources –

Our Online Aguaruna Materials

Aguaruna Words:
Our list of vocabulary words in the Aguaruna language, with comparison to words in other Jivaroan languages.

Aguaruna Pronunciation Guide:
How to pronounce Aguaruna words.

Aguaruna Animal Words:
Illustrated glossary of animal words in the Aguaruna language.

Aguaruna Colors:
Worksheet showing color words in the Aguaruna language.

Aguaruna Body Parts:
Online and printable worksheets showing parts of the body in the Aguaruna language.

Aguaruna Numbers:
Worksheet showing how to count in the Aguaruna language.

Aguaruna Language Lessons and Linguistic Descriptions

Aguaruna Genesis Translation

Aguaruna Text

Aguaruna Orthography (Spanish)

Aguaruna Numbers (Spanish)
Aguaruna Grammar (Spanish)

Aguaruna Phonology (Spanish)

Aguaruna Orthography (Spanish)

Aguaruna Story (Spanish):
Scanned-in Aguaruna language materials from the Rosetta Project.

Human Rights: Aguaruna:
Translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into Aguaruna.

La Lengua Jibaro (Awahun):
Information on Aguaruna and other Jivaroan languages including text samples and linguistic maps of South America. Page in Spanish.

Aguaruna Language:
Demographic information on Aguaruna from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Aguaruna Dictionaries, Audio Tapes and Language Resources

Chichasájmi: Hablemos aguaruna:
Aguaruna language learning book for sale. Book is in Spanish.

American Indian Language Dictionaries:
Aguaruna and other American Indian dictionaries and language materials for sale.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Aguaruna Language:
Encyclopedia articles on Aguaruna.
Awajún

Idioma Aguaruna:
Information about the Aguaruna language in Spanish.
Aguaruna:
Aguaruna language links.

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