MULTILINGUALISM IN PERU

MULTILINGUALISM IN PERU
Multilingualis For example, Peru is
one of the many
The danger is m is a countries that Because
big. phenomenon presents this languages,
promoted by the question, the official although they
Peru is a Most of these language that is
use of many spoken and taught are a reflection
multilingual native
languages ​in a there is Spanish, but of the diversity
languages have also as a consequence
and not been
specific of the great variety of of cultures and
pluricultural context, that cultures, especially in identities, are
studied. the mountains and
country. many jungle In Peru, other
also those that
Spanish has languages coex languages ​are also allow us to
more followers ist in the same spoken, such as understand
Amara, Shipibo,
every time. area and at the Campa, among each other.
same level. others.
 THE
ANDEAN LANGUAGES IN PERU:
AND
AMAZONIA The languages ​spoken in Peru have
been grouped, according to
N linguistic, anthropological and
LINGUISTIC historical criteria, into two large
FAMILIES groups:

NON-AMERICAN LANGUAGES:
The non-Amerindian
languages ​constitute the group of
languages ​that entered Peruvian
territory from approximately the
third decade of the 16th century to
the present day.
Amazonian
languages.
AMERINDIAL LANGUAGES
Amerindian languages - also called
vernacular, native, aboriginal,
oppressed - are those that have been
present in the national territory since
before the arrival of non-Amerindian
languages, which occurred at
approximately the beginning of the Andean
third decade of the sixteenth century.
languages
 • Quechua family.
This linguistic family
is constituted by
several languages,
ANDEAN LANGUAGES all of them known
as Quechua or Runa
Shimi (or Runa
Simi).

• Northern Quechua.
Currently, the varieties • • Quechua de
of the Quechua Family Chachapoyas
• • Quechua of Cajamarca
spoken in Peru are • • Quechua de Ferreñafe
distributed as follows (Incahuasi-Cañaris)
(Pozzi-Scot, 1998): • • Quechua de
Lambayeque
• • Central Quechua
Quechua de Conchucos
• Quechua del Callejón de Huailas
• Quechua del Alto Pativilca
• Quechua Huánuco-Huallaga
• Quechua Yaru
• Quechua Huanca
• Quechua de Yauyos
• Central coastal Quechua
• • Quechua de Pacaraos
• • Southern Quechua
• • Quechua Ayacuchano
(Chanca)
• • Quechua Cusco (Collao)
• Quechua of the jungle
• • Quechua del Napo
• • Quechua del Pastaza
• • Quechua de San Martín
(Lamas)
• • Santarrosino Quechua
• • Quechua del Tigre
Aru family. This Andean linguistic family is currently constituted by
the languages, Aymara and Cauqui.

The Aymara language

This language. Also known as southern Aymara or southern aru, it
is, because of its historical trajectory and the number of speakers
it has, one of the most important Amerindian languages ​of South
America, after the Quechua and Guaraní varieties (Tupi Family).

Statistically, according to the INEI, the Aymara-speaking Peruvians

(monolingual and bilingual) of more than five years amount to
420215. The largest distribution of this language is on the Bolivian
side, since in this country, the Aymara speaking population of
more than six years would reach 1 237 628.
The language cauqui
This is another of the Amerindian languages that is in the
process of extinction, since it is replaced by a regional variety of
the Spanish language. Its speakers, who are already bilingual,
are located in the towns of Tupe, Colca, Aiza, Catahuasi, Chavín
and Chanchán, all of them belonging to the Lima province of
Yauyos. Currently, the talking Cauque population would be
constituted by around 800 individuals.

AMAZON LANGUAGES
They have been grouped into
sixteen language families
Familia Arahua
Lengua culina
Familia Arahuaca Lengua jebero
Lengua campa ashéninca Familia Candoshi
Lengua campa caquinte Lengua candoshi-shapra
Lengua chamicuro Familia Harakmbut
Lengua iñapari Lengua harakmbut
Lengua machiguenga Familia Huitoto
Lengua campa nomatsiguenga Lengua huitoto
Lengua piro Lengua ocaina
Lengua resígaro Familia Jíbaro
Lengua yanesha (amuesha) Lengua achuar-shiwiar
Familia Bora Lengua aguaruna
Lengua bora Lengua huambisa
Familia Cahuapana Familia Pano
Lengua chayahuita Lengua amahuaca
Familia Shimaco Lengua capanahua
Lengua urarina Lengua cashibo-cacataibo
Familia Tacana Lengua cashinaua
Lengua ese eja Lengua matsés-mayoruna
CONCLUSION
Peru is one of the many countries that presents,
among its characteristics, multilingualism, due to
the great cultural variety that the country has.
Multilingualism is a social phenomenon that
should be given great importance because it
represents the cultural identity of a country, in
this aspect are the Andean and Amazonian
regions the representatives of this
multilingualism, because they present a great
variety of native and aboriginal languages, which
we must know and preserve.