Indigenous Communities from Peru

Achual | Aguaruna | Amahuaca | Amarakaeri | Arabela | Arasaeri | Arequipa-La Union Quechua | Ashaninka | Asheninka Pajonal | Asheninka Perene | Ayacucho, Quechua | Aymara | 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

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Puno, Quechua
Indigenous Group	Puno, Quechua
Location	Peru, Puno Department, Puno, Northeast Arequipa, Highland Area Of Moquegua
Estimated Population	500,000 (2002, SIL International)
Environment	Highland / Plateau / Harsh
Lifestyle	Sedentary
Subsistence	Eco Tourism / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry
Level of Assimilation	Traditional
Language Family	Quechua, Puno Classification: Quechuan, Quechua II, C Alternate Names: Quechua Qollaw, Quechua Collao Dialects: North Bolivian Quechua, Cailloma Quechua. Mutually intelligible with Cusco Quechua and North Bolivian Quechua: possibly sufficient to understand complex and abstract discourse
Website URLs	Gems and Hope: Post-Credit Training and Capacity Building for Female Entrepreneurs in Puno, Peru Puno: Geography and Climate Ethnologue: Puno, A Language Of Peru
NGOs	Asociacion De Criadores De Camelidos Andinos De La Region (ACRICAR) Care’s Work: Quality and Equity in Intercultural Education in Puno (Kawsay) Centro de Investigación en Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente (CIRNMA) World Job and Food Bank (WJFB)