Amahuaca

Amahuaca is a Pano-Tacanan language spoken in Brazil and Peru, by about 310 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Amahuaca · 10.2°S 72.3°W

Amahuaca is an indigenous language of the Amazon Basin in Peru and Brazil. It is also known as Amawaka, Amaguaco, Ameuhaque, Ipitineri, and Sayaco. Amahuaca is a Panoan language that is believed to be closely related to Cashinahua and Yaminawa. There around 220 speakers in Brazil, and around 328 speakers in Peru.

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Written down

Tzovan jato jumahaito hinaayamanonmun vacunoxcanquihnucanpu. Tzovan jato zinaayamanonmun vacunoxcanquihnucanpu. Jonitzan derechocavizyahtoxrivimun vacunoxcanquihqui. Quiyoovinin shinanquin hiromaquin jaucuzahavorahquiqui shinantimunhcanquihqui. Vacurazixquicavizhi quiyoovinixjatimunhcanquihnucanpu.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Amahuaca

Meaning	Word	Romanization
woman	xano
person	xoCi*
name	xanu*
eye	vuro*
ear	pavinki*
nose	rukin*
tooth	Suta*
tongue	xana*
hand	mukun*
blood	ximi*
bone	Sao*
skin	Saka*
knee	rantonko*
breast	CoCo*
liver	taka*
water	junu
fire	Cihi*
sun	vari*
star	viSi*
stone	mankan*
mountain	karunnaha*
tree	xi*
leaf	puhi*
night	yamu*
dog	hino*
louse	hiya*
two	ravu*
I	hun*
you	min*
we	noku*