Chitonahua Indian Language (Chitonawa)

Chitonahua is a Panoan language of South America, still spoken by only a few dozen people in eastern Peru. Some linguists consider it a dialect of Yaminawa. Chitonahua is an agglutinative language with SOV word order.

Our Online Chitonahua Materials

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

Chitonahua Pronunciation Guide:
How to pronounce Chitonahua words.

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

Chitonahua Language Resources

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

Chitonahua Language:
Demographic information on Chitonahua and Yaminahua from the Ethnologue of Languages.

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

Chitonahua Culture and History Links

Jungle logging threatens tribes in Peru's Amazon:
Article about logging encroachment onto Chitonawa land.

Rainforest Tribes of Peru:
Cultural information about Peruvian tribes including the Yaminahua and Chitonahua.

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