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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
| Uro |
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| Indigenous Group |
Uro (Also
known as: Uru) |
| Location |
Peru, high in
the Peruvian Andes on man-made floating islands on Lake Titicaca, Puno
region |
| Estimated Population |
3000 (2000, Wikipedia) |
| Environment |
Floating
Islands |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Hunter /
Gatherer / Fishing / Handicraft Sales / Tourism |
| Level of Assimilation |
Traditional |
| Language Family |
Uru-Chipaya,
(Almost Extinct)
Classification:
Alternative Names: Uruquilla, Pukina
Dialects: Chipaya (Cap), Uru (Ure)
Aymaran, (Now commonly used)
Classification: Aymara Central, Aymara Southern,
Jaquaru
Alternative Names: Aymara, Aru, Haq'aru, Haqaru,
Haqearu
Dialects: Chilean Aymara is very close to La Paz,
Bolivia dialect
Quechua, Puno
Classification: Quechuan, Quechua II, C
Alternative 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
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| Website URLs |
National
Geographic, Article: Rough Waters for Peru’s Floating Islands
Indian cultures
from around the world, Uros Indians
World And I,
Article: The end of the Uros
Geocities,
Article: Lake Titicaca
Hands around the World,
textiles from the Uros
Peru
Destinations, Article: Floating Islands of the Uros
Various
links to sites about Uros Indians
Minor Languages of
the Andes
A multimedia documentation
of Uru-Chipaya languages and cultures in their territorial setting
(Bolivia and Peru)
Ethnologue:
Languages of Peru
Encarta:
Language Families in South America
Passion for Peru:
Information on Puno and Lake Titicaca
An Introduction to the
language, history, religion and culture of the Aymara people
Peru Ecologico
The
Rosetta Project
Cuture Focus.Com,
Exploring the World
University of Bonn,
Article: The Andean Uru-Chipaya Languages
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| NGOs |
UNPO
(Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation), Article: Report on
the 20th Session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations
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