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Amahuaca Indian Language (Amawaka, Amauaca)

Amahuaca is a Panoan language of South America, spoken by about 200 people in Peru and Brazil. Amahuaca is an agglutinative language with predominantly SOV word order.

Amahuaca Language

Amahuaca language samples and resources.

Amahuaca Culture and History

Information and links about the Amahuaca tribe past and present.

Amahuaca Language Resources

Our Online Amahuaca Materials

Amahuaca Vocabulary:
Our list of vocabulary words in the Amahuaca language, with comparison to words in other Panoan languages.

Amahuaca Pronunciation Guide:
How to pronounce Amahuaca words.

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

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

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

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

Amahuaca Language Lessons and Linguistic Descriptions

Amahuaca Language

Amahuaca Numbers

Amahuaca Orthography

Amahuaca Grammar

Amahuaca Bible Translation:
Scanned-in Amahuaca language materials from the Rosetta Project.

I Want To But I Can't:
Interesting article on frustrative verb forms in the Amahuaca language.

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

Ethnologue: Amahuaca:
Demographic information on the Amahuaca language.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Lengua Amawaka:
Information about the Amahuaca language in Spanish.

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