Endangered Languages Project - Harakmbut

Harakmbut

^{[aka Harákmbut, Harakmbet, Hate]}

Classification: Harakmbut-Katukinan

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Harákmbut, Harakmbet, Hate, Ate, Tuyoneri, Harakmbut, Harakmbut, Amarakaeri, Amarakaéri, Amarakaire, Amaracaire, Mashco ("Mashco" is a derogatory term), Harakbut, Arazaeri, Arasairi, Huachipaeri, Huachipayri, Wacipairi, Kisamberi, Pukirieri, Puncuri, Toyoeri, Toioeri, Toyeri, Tuyune
CLASSIFICATION		Harakmbut-Katukinan, Harakmbut
LANGUAGE CODE		hug, amr
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Huachipaeri (Harakmbut) and Amaracaeri: Several dialects in two clusters: (1) Huachipaeri and Toyoeri (2) Amaracaeri [Amarakaeri] and Sapiteri and Arasaeri and Kisambaeri
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue distinguishes two Harákmbut languages: Amarakaeri [amr] and Huachipaeri [hug], but mentions under Amarakaeri that "Amarakaeri and Huachipaeri [hug] are considered to be dialects of the same language, Harakbut." Others recognize only one language, or two "emergent languages."

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Information from: “Nominalization in Harakmbut” (455-490) . An Van Linden (2019) , Roberto Zariquiey; Masayoshi Shibatani; David W. Fleck · John Benjamins

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Est. 1,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2007

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: "Young parents are reluctant to pass on the language to their children, as it is felt to socially stigmatize them. Children are thus mainly brought up in Spanish, and acquire only a passive competence in Harakmbut."
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Indigenous communities in the Madre de Dios and Cusco departamentos, along the Madre de Dios River and upper tributaries including the Colorado River

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
810
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Ethnologue distinguishes two Harakmbet languages:
Amarakaeri [amr]: 500; Huachipaeri [hug]: 310; total 810.
(2016 unchanged for Huachipaeri [hug]; Amarakaeri [amr] 1910 (from 2007 census), ethnic population: 1,620.)

DATE OF INFO: Amarakaeri (1987), Huachipaeri (2000)

PLACES: Peru

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Amarakaeri: Madre de Dios and Colorado rivers.
Huachipaeri [hug]: Cusco Region, upper Madre de Dios and Keros rivers.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,206
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1206

DATE OF INFO: 1993

PLACES: Peru

More on Orthography: In 2006, the Ministry of Education standardized an alphabet for the Harakmbut (RD No. 0680-2006 ED).

PLACES: Peru

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken at the headwaters of the Madre de Dios River up to the Piñi Piñi River, on the left bank; all of the right bank of the Upper and Lower Madre de Dios up to the Inambari River; at the headwaters of the Inambairi; at the mouths of the Los Amigos and the Manu rivers; and at Colorado, Chivile, Malinousquillo, Puquiri, and Huari Huari rivers, all in Peru.

PLACES: Peru

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Mosely 2010: -12.9403,-70.2685

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-13.366,-71.166

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Information from: “Nominalization in Harakmbut” (455-490) . An Van Linden (2019) , Roberto Zariquiey; Masayoshi Shibatani; David W. Fleck · John Benjamins