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Andi Languages and Tribes
"Andi" is an alternate name for the Arawakan tribes of Peru (the Ashaninka, Machiguenga, Nomatsiguenga, Caquinte, and Yanesha.)
It comes from an Incan word meaning "east," because these tribes collectively lived to the east of Incan lands.
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Here are links to our webpages about the Andi tribe and language:
Ashaninka
Machiguenga
Caquinte
Yanesha'
Arawakan languages
South American tribes
The Amazon
Here are a few good books about the Andis:
Families of the Forest
Ashaninka Stories of Change
Salt of the Mountain: Campa Ashaninka History and Resistance in the Peruvian Jungle
Upper Perené Arawak Narratives of History, Landscape, and Ritual
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