Atswawaka, also called Atsahuaca, or Atsawaka-Yamiaka, is an extinct Panoan language of Peru. Atsahuaca is the name that the tribe calls themselves, meaning "children of the manioc" in their own language. Alternate spellings of the name of the Atswakaka language include: Atsawaka, Atsawaca, Astahuaca, Yamiaca, Yamiaka, Atsawaka-Yamiaka, and Atsahuaca-Yamiaca.
Atsawaka | |
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Atsahuaca-Yamiaca | |
Native to | Peru |
Region | Carama River |
Extinct | (date missing)[1] |
Language family | Panoan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | atc |
Linguist List | atc |
Glottolog | atsa1242 |
There were 20 speakers in 1904.
The Atswawaka alphabet uses 24 letters commonly, and has 8 characters used for vowels.[2]
Common character(s) | Alternate version | IPA symbol |
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a | a | |
e | ||
i | i | |
u | o | ʊ ~ o |
an | ã | ã |
en | ẽ | ẽ |
in | ĩ | ĩ |
un | õ | õ |
c | k, qu | k |
d | r | d |
ch | č | tʃ |
f | ɸ ~ β | |
h | j | h |
m | m | |
n | n | |
p | p | |
qu | k | |
r | ɾ | |
s | s | |
x | sh, š | ʃ ~ ʂ |
t | t | |
ts | ts | |
w | hu | w |
y | j |
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Italics indicate extinct languages |
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