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Machiguenga Indian Language (Matsiguenga)
Machiguenga is an Arawakan language of South America.
It is closely related to Ashaninka, and some people consider
it to be a dialect of Ashaninka. A third Arawakan language,
Nomatsiguenga, is considered by some to be a dialect of
Machiguenga, and by others a distinct language. Machiguenga and Nomatsiguenga are each spoken by around 6000 people in Peru
today. Machiguenga is
polysynthetic and has
VSO word order.
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Machiguenga Vocabulary
Our list of vocabulary words in the Machiguenga language, with comparison to words in other Arawakan languages.
Machiguenga Numbers:
Worksheet showing how to count in the Machiguenga language.
Machiguenga Language Resources
Peru Linguistic Map 
Tribes and Languages of Peru:
Maps showing the areas in South America where Machiguenga is spoken.
Machiguenga Indian Language Machiguenga Orthography Machiguenga Phonology Machiguenga Text:
Machiguenga Bible Translation Machiguenga Bibliography:
Scanned-in Machiguenga language materials from the Rosetta Project.
House of Languages: Machiguenga:
Information about Matsigenga language usage.
Matsigenga, Nomatsigenga, y Caquinte
Information on the Machiguenga language, including a piece of a legend written in Machiguenga. Page in Spanish.
Machiguenga Language:
Demographic information on Machiguenga dialects from the Ethnologue of Languages.
Machiguenga Language Tree:
Theories about Machiguenga's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.
Machiguenga Language Structures:
Machiguenga linguistic profiles and academic bibliographies.
Machiguenga:
Translations of the Lord's Prayer into the Machiguenga language.
Books for sale on the Machiguengas
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Literacy Acquisition, Retention, And Usage Among The Machiguengas
Sociolinguistics book for sale online about bilingual education in the Machiguenga tribe.
Families of the Forest: The Matsigenka Indians of the Peruvian Amazon
Ethnography of the Matsiguengas.
Comparative Arawakan Histories:
Interesting book about the history and culture of the Arawak speaking tribes.
The Machiguenga Tribe:
Illustrated article on the culture and traditions of the Machiguenga Indian tribe.
The Machiguenga: Peruvian Hunter-Gatherers Machiguenga: An Ethnobotanical Study of Eastern Peru
Information about the native plants and food traditions of the Machiguenga people.
Machiguenga Tribe:
Information on Machiguenga history and culture.
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Links, References, and Additional Information
El Pueblo Machiguenga Cultura Matsigenka: Lengua Matsigenka: Machiguenga Tribu de la Amazónia:
Information about the Machiguenga tribe in Spanish.
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