Atsawaka language

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
Atsahuaca-Yamiaca
Native toPeru
RegionCarama River
Extinct(date missing)
Panoan
  • Mainline Panoan
    • Nawa
      • Madre de Dios
        • Atsawaka
Dialects
  • Atsawaka
  • Yamiaka
Language codes
ISO 639-3atc
Linguist List
atc
Glottologatsa1242

There were 20 speakers in 1904.

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