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Apurucayali

"Apurucayali" is the name of a dialect of the Asheninka language. The Apurucayali dialect is also known as Ajyininka, Ajyeninka, or Axininca. Many linguists consider Apurucayali to be a distinct language rather than a dialect, since although it is closely related to Asheninka, speakers of the two languages cannot understand each other well (similar to the relationship between Spanish and Italian.)

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Here are links to our webpages about the Apurucayali tribe and language:

Ashaninka
Ashaninka culture
Ashaninka pronunciation
Arawakan languages
Native South American
Tribes of Amazon

Here are links to more Internet resources about the Apurucayali Indians:
Ajyininka Apurucayali
Apurucayali Bibliography

And here are a few good books about the Apurucayalis:
Asheninka 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
Asheninca Del Apurucayali

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