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Atsahuaca Indian Language

Language: Atsahuaca was a Panoan language of South America, once spoken in southeastern Peru. A neighboring language, Yamiaca, may have been an Atsahuaca dialect. Atsahuaca was an agglutinating language with SOV word order.

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Names: Atsahuaca is the tribe's own name for themselves, coming from words meaning "children of the manioc" in their language. (Manioc, also known as cassava, is an important food crop in the Panoan tribes.) A neighboring tribe, known as the Yamiaca or Haauneiri, were probably speakers of an Atsahuaca dialect. Alternate spellings of these names have included Atsawaka, Atsawaca, Astahuaca, Yamiaca, Yamiaka, Atsawaka-Yamiaka, and Atsahuaca-Yamiaca. They have also been known as the Chaspa Indians, after the name of a river that runs through their territory.

Our Online Atsahuaca Materials

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

Atsahuaca Pronunciation Guide:
How to pronounce Atsahuaca words.

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

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The Amazonian Languages:
In-depth linguistics book about Atsahuaca and dozens of other Amazonian Indian languages.

Atsahuaca Language Resources

Atsahuaca Language Tree:
Theories about Atsahuaca's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Wikipedia: Atsahuaca:
Encyclopedia article about the Atsahuaca language.

Atsahuaca Culture and History

Map of Panoan Tribes:

Panoan and Tacanan Tribes of Peru:
Maps showing the location of the Atsawaka and Yamiaka groups in Bolivia and Peru.

Links, References, and Additional Information

La Lengua Atsawaka-Yamiaca

Lenguas Pano:
Spanish-language information on Atsawaka and the Panoan languages.

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