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Amuesha Indian Language (Yanesha, Amisha)

Amuesha is an Arawakan language of South America, spoken by 5000 people in Peru. Like many Arawakan languages, Amuesha is polysynthetic and has VSO word order.

˜Amuesha Language

Amuesha language samples and resources.

˜Amuesha Culture and History

Information and links about the Amuesha tribe past and present.

˜Amuesha Language Resources –

Our Online Amuesha Materials

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

Amuesha Pronunciation Guide:
How to pronounce Amuesha words.

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

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

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

Amuesha Numbers:
Worksheet showing how to count in Amuesha.

Amuesha Language Lessons and Linguistic Descriptions

Yanesha' Language:
Wikipedia article on the Amuesha language including a phonological inventory.

Yanesha' Language

Yanesha' Orthography

Yanesha' Grammar

Yanesha Pronunciation

Yanesha Bibliography:
Scanned-in Yanesha language materials from the Rosetta Project.

Amoesha:
Amuesha language information including a linguistic map of Peru. Page in Spanish.

UDHR: Amuesha-Yanesha:
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights translated into the Amuesha language.

Amuesha Prayers:
The Lord's Prayer and other Christian prayers translated into Amuesha.

Yanesha' Language:
Demographic information on Amuesha from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Amuesha-Yanesha:
Encyclopedia articles on Amuesha.
Amuesha:
Amuesha language links.

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