Ashéninka
Facts
- Language: Ashéninka
- Alternate names: Ashéninga (Upper Perené, Ashéninka Perené, "Perené Campa", Ashéninca Perené), Ajyíninka (Ajyéninka, Apurucayali Campa, Ashaninca, Ashéninca Apurucayali, Axininka Campa), Pajonal (Ashéninca, Atsiri), Pichis Ashéninca (Pichis Campa), South Ucayali Ashéninka, Ucayali Ashéninca, "Campa" (considered pejorative).
- Language code: cpc, cjo, prq, cpu, cpy, cpb
- Language family:
Arawakan; Southern Arawakan; Campa
(SIL classification)
- Number of speakers:
- Vulnerability: Dormant
- Script:
More information:
Ethnologue lists 8 Ashéninga languages:Ajyíninka Apurucayali [cpc] Ashéninka Pajonal [cjo] Ashéninka Perené [prq] Ashéninka, Pichis [cpu] Ashéninka, South Ucayali [cpy]Ashéninka, Ucayali-Yurúa [cpb] Nanti [cox] Nomatsiguenga [not] Most other classifications have only 3 of these as distinct: Ashéninka, Nanti, Nomatsiguenga.