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Peru, as a multiethnic country and multicultural reality facing a highly diverse cultural and linguistic diversity, manifested in the coexistence of seventy-two ethnic groups, seven of which are distributed in the Andean region and the sixty-five remaining in the Amazon region.
These ethnic groups or indigenous peoples are grouped in fourteen different language families. Among the highlights Andean vernacular Quechua, in its different varieties, and Aymara. Among the Amazonian indigenous languages \u200b\u200bmore regional presence in the high forest has Aguaruna, the Ashaninka Machiguenga and the variant of Amazonian Quechua lamista group in San Martin.
According to information Population and Housing Census 1993: 3'750, 492 inhabitants among the population aged five years and are native speakers of native languages. Among these, 3'199, 474 are native speakers of Quechua, the Aymara 420.215 and 130.803 to another native language.
should be noted that for Amazon, indigenous peoples have significant differences in terms of population, and there are a large number of them, about twelve, who are in danger of extinction due to their small population size, for example, Ocaina, the Taushiro, the Arabela, the Chamicuro and Isconahua, all located in the region of the Amazon or forest level low.
face of this delicate situation, there are those other towns with a population base rates more stable and stronger population growth, as is the case of Aguaruna Ashaninka and machiguenga.
Amazonian indigenous communities of the high forest are concentrated mainly in the departments of Amazonas, Cusco, JunÃn and Pasco, while the departments of the mountain with the greatest concentration of population are Quechua or Aymara, Apurimac, Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Cusco and Puno. To the Andean case is important to note the language factor as a central element of identity, particularly in rural areas, where the presence of population indigenous peasant majority.
These ethnic groups or indigenous peoples are grouped in fourteen different language families. Among the highlights Andean vernacular Quechua, in its different varieties, and Aymara. Among the Amazonian indigenous languages \u200b\u200bmore regional presence in the high forest has Aguaruna, the Ashaninka Machiguenga and the variant of Amazonian Quechua lamista group in San Martin.
According to information Population and Housing Census 1993: 3'750, 492 inhabitants among the population aged five years and are native speakers of native languages. Among these, 3'199, 474 are native speakers of Quechua, the Aymara 420.215 and 130.803 to another native language.
should be noted that for Amazon, indigenous peoples have significant differences in terms of population, and there are a large number of them, about twelve, who are in danger of extinction due to their small population size, for example, Ocaina, the Taushiro, the Arabela, the Chamicuro and Isconahua, all located in the region of the Amazon or forest level low.
face of this delicate situation, there are those other towns with a population base rates more stable and stronger population growth, as is the case of Aguaruna Ashaninka and machiguenga.
Amazonian indigenous communities of the high forest are concentrated mainly in the departments of Amazonas, Cusco, JunÃn and Pasco, while the departments of the mountain with the greatest concentration of population are Quechua or Aymara, Apurimac, Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Cusco and Puno. To the Andean case is important to note the language factor as a central element of identity, particularly in rural areas, where the presence of population indigenous peasant majority.
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