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Nomatsiguenga language

South American Language Families

Nomatsiguenga is an Arawakan language of Peru. It is close enough to Machiguenga (Matsigenka) that the two are sometimes considered dialects of a single language, since both are spoken by the Machiguenga people. Most speakers are monolingual.

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1 1
Speaker Count
6500 2
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1. Glottolog: Nomatsiguenga (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: level and category
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"level": "language", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Spoken L1 Language"
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2. Nomatsiguenga language (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata number of speakers (P1098) statement (EntityId 324456): 6500
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Wikidata item Q3342992, property P1098 (number of speakers): 6500, point in time 2003-00-00 (normal rank, non-deprecated)
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