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Achual | Aguaruna | Amahuaca | Amarakaeri | Arabela | Arasaeri | Arequipa-La
Union Quechua | Ashaninka | Asheninka
Pajonal | Asheninka
Perene | Ayacucho, Quechua | Bora | Cahuarano | Cajamarca, Quechua | Candoshi-Shapra | Capanahua | Cashibo-Cacataibo | Cashinahua | Chamicuro | Chayahuita | Culina | Ese'Ejja | Huachipaeri | Huambisa | Huitoto
Murui | Iquito | Isconahua | Jebero | Jibaro | Machiguenga | Mashco-Piro | Matses | Mayo-Pisabo | Mayoruna | Nanti | Nomatsiguenga | Omagua | Pacaraos,
Quechua | Puno,
Quechua | San
Martin, Quechua | Sapiteri | Secoya | Shipibo-Conibo
| Sihuas Ancash, Quechua | Southern Pastaza, Quechua
| Ticuna | Toyoeri | Urarina | Uro
| Yagua | Yaminahua | Yanesha | Yine | Yora
| Omagua |
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| Indigenous Group |
Omagua (Also
known as: Omagua-Yete, Ariana, Pariana, Anapia, Macanipa, Kambeba,
Yhuata, Umaua, Cambeba, Campeba, Cambela, Cambeeba, Compeva,
Canga-Peba, Agua) |
| Location |
Peru,
department of Loreto, San Joaquín de Omaguas, San Salvador de
Omaguas, El Porvenir, Grau, and other settlements on the left bank of
the lower Marañón, near to the mouth of the Ucayali. |
| Estimated Population |
10 (2003, Cabeceras Aid
Project) |
| Environment |
Tropical
Jungle |
| Lifestyle |
Semi-Nomadic |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture /
Hunting / Fishing |
| Level of Assimilation |
Nearly
Untouched |
| Language Family |
OmaguaTupi,
Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup III
Classification:
Alternative Names: Omagua-Yete, Ariana, Pariana, Anapia,
Macanipa, Kambeba, Yhuata, Umaua, Cambeba, Campeba, Cambela, Cambeeba,
Compeva, Canga-Peba, Agua
Dialects: Closest to Cocama. Nearly extinct. |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue
Redbook
on Endangered Languages
Minnesota
State University E-Museum
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| NGOs |
Cabeceras Aid
Project
AmazonWatch
Amazon Alliance
Minga Peru
AIDESEP (Asociación
Interétnica para el Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana)
Chirapaq
Oxfam America
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