PERU

ENDANGERED
LANGUAGES
of

A LOOK AT ONE OF SOUTH AMERICAS MOST MULTILINGUAL NATIONS

THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGES LISTED FOR PERU IS 104. OF THESE, 93 ARE
LIVING AND 11 ARE EXTINCT. OF THE LIVING LANGUAGES,
7 ARE USED IN WIDER COMMUNICATION, 35 ARE DEVELOPING, 5 ARE VIGOROUS, 31 ARE
THREATENED, AND 15 ARE DYING.
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LANGUAGES USED IN
WIDER COMMUNICATION

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QUECHUAN &
JIVAROAN
LANGUAGE
FAMILIES

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Ashninka
26,000

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Quechua, Cusco

1,500,000

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12

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Quechua

Southern

na
Culi0
40

hua
450

LANGUAGES USED IN
DEVELOPING AREAS

Pastaza

1500

hucos Ancash
250,000

Quechua Southern Conc

Ese Ejja
230

Kash
1,000 inawa

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12,0

THREATENED
LANGUAGES OF PERU

60,000

nca
a
0
ja W ,70
77

13,000

outh Ucayali

Ce

70

abo

600

Pis

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ch
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Mashco Piro

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Hu ,620

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VISIBLE SYSTEMS | MOHAMED HISHAM FAROUK | FALL 2015

Ashninka S

442 ntral
,00 Aym
0
ar

7,8

AYMARAN
LANGUAGE
FAMILIES

his

Pic
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rth Junn

A 50
5,

Ja
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er

n
h
s 0

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art
44,0 n
00

Quechua, No

Qu

12

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00

Que

As
h

ua

2,

PEBA-YAGUAN
LANGUAGE
FAMILIES

4,000

570

ich

a
gu
Ya ,000

Qu

aP
ajo

Ajynin

Yora

LANGUAGE
ISOLATE

ka Apu

rucaya

li

Quechua Huamales-Dos de Mayo Hunuco

80,000

chu
aH

aylas A
ncas
336,0 h
00

Qu

Que

nuco

ga Hu

Quech
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hu
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Hualla

ajam

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40,000

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chu
Que 000
30,

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hu
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Qu 2,00
3

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sig
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6

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Qu

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ua

uay
lla W
250 anca
,00
0

aN

hu
uec

rn
rthe

PANOAN &
ARAWAKAN
LANGUAGE
FAMILIES

Huambisa
9,330

Quec

ib

a
at

ALL DATA RETRIEVED FROM PERUVIAN CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 4B