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Aushiri Indian Language (Aiwa, Tequiraca)

Language: Aushiri is an indigenous language of Peru. It is a tone language and is a language isolate, not known to be related to any other language. The Aushiri language is no longer spoken natively today, though there are still elders who remember some of the language.

Names: A second language, Waorani (spoken in Ecuador) is sometimes also referred to as "Aushiri" or one of its many spelling variants, even though the two languages are not related to each other. This probably originally came about through an early colonial overgeneralization lumping different jungle tribes with similar lifestyles together. The indigenous meaning of Aushiri is no longer known. Most Aushiri people call themselves A'iwa (which means "people") or Tequiraca. Sometimes they are also referred to by a nearby Spanish place name, Vacacocha, or a Quechua place name, Tutapishco. Alternate spellings of these names include Awshiri, Awishiri, Auishiri, Awishira, Awshira, Auxira, Abishira, Abijira, Avijira, Abigira, Abichira, Abixira, Abiquira, Avishiri, Avixiri, Ahuishiri, Agouisiri, Auischiri, Ixignor, Aiwa, Aʔiwa, Ae'wa, Aewa, A'éwa, Tekiraka, and Tekiráka,

Aushiri Language Resources

Aʔɨwa Phonology:
Linguistic chart of phonemes in the Aushiri alphabet.

Aʔɨwa (Vacacocha) Language Archive:
Collection of audio recordings by native A'iwa speakers.

Tequiraca language:
Wikipedia article on the Tequiraca/Aushiri language.

Tequiraca Language Tree:
Theories about Tekiraka's language relationships com

piled by Linguist List.

Idioma Tekiraka:
Information about the Aushiri language in Spanish, with a map showing the tribe's location in Peru.

Fieldwork on Vacacocha:
Two linguists' descriptions of their encounters with the last remaining A'éwa speakers.

OLAC: Abishira:
Reference list of Aushiri language materials.

Endangered Languages Project: Tequiraca:
Bibliography of Tequiraca language resources.

Aushiri Culture and History Links

Native Land: Vacacocha:

Map of Indigenous Peru:
Maps showing the location of Vacacocha territory in northern Peru.

Vacacocha:
Historical information about the Vacacocha/Aushiri people.

Los Vacacocha:
Information about the Aushiri tribe in Spanish.

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