Machiguenga

Facts

  • Language: Machiguenga
  • Alternate names: Machaguenga, Amachengue, Macheyenga, Matsiguenga, Matsiganga, Matsigenka, MaƱaries, Matsigenga
  • Language code: mcb
  • Language family: Maipurean, Southern, Campa, Machiguenga (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 5,000
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    There is some confusion in the sources regarding the names Machiguenga (Matsiguenga) and Nomatsiguenga and the languages or varieties to which they refer.