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
| Yagua |
|
| Indigenous Group |
Yagua (Also
known as: Nijyamïï Nikyejaada; Nikyejaada, Yahua, Llagua,
Yava, Yegua) |
| Location |
Peru, Loreto,
North-Eastern Amazon River Region, from Iquitos to the Brazil border.
Some go to urban centres like Iquitos for economic reasons. Some
occasionally go into Brazil. |
| Estimated Population |
5,692 (2000, SIL
International) |
| Environment |
Tropical
Rainforest |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture /
Hunter / Gatherer / Fishing / Handicraft Sales |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly
Traditional |
| Language Family |
Yagua
Classification: Peba-Yaguan
Alternative Names: Nijyamïï Nikyejaada, Yahua,
Llagua,
Yava, Yegua
Dialects: 2 Dialects |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue
Rainforest
Adventures, Great photo's of the Yagua People
Peru Ecologico
Redbook
on Endangered Languages
|
| NGOs |
Bio Park
FEPYBABAN - Federación de Pueblos Yagua del Bajo Amazonas
y Bajo Napo
FECONAFROPU Federación de Comunidades Fronteri zas del
Putumayo |
|
