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Arabela Language

Arabela is an endangered Zaparoan language of South America, spoken by a few dozen people in northern Peru. Most Arabela Indians have been switching to the Spanish and Quechua languages. Arabela is an agglutinating language and the word order is SOV.



˜Our Arabela Language Materials

Arabela Words:
    Our list of vocabulary words in the Arabela language, with comparison to words in other Zaparoan languages.
Arabela Animal Words:
     Illustrated glossary of animal words in the Arabela language.

˜Arabela Language Resources

Arabela Language:
    Scanned-in Arabela materials including grammar, phonology, and texts.
Human Rights: Arabela:
    Translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into the Arabela language.
La Lengua Arabela-Andoa:
    Information on Andoa and Arabela including linguistic maps of South America and Peru. Page in Spanish.
Arabela Language:
    Demographic information on Arabela from the Ethnologue of Languages.
Arabela:
    Wikipedia article on the Arabela language.
Los Arabela:
    Information about the Arabelas in Spanish.



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