Caquinte (Caquinte Campa), also Poyenisati, is an Arawakan language of Peru. It is spoken along the Poyeni, Mayapo, Picha, Yori, and Agueni rivers, with some speakers along parts of the Sensa and Vitiricaya rivers, within Junín, Peru.[2] It is an endangered language.[1]

Caquinte
Poyenisati
Native toPeru
Native speakers
500 (2012)[1]
Arawakan
  • Southern
Language codes
ISO 639-3cot
Glottologcaqu1242
ELPCaquinte

Caquinte people are a division of the Campa Indians. They mostly live outside the "regional cash economy". They raise manioc as protein staple, being a subsistence agricultural community. There are approximately 1,000 people with "sporadic" outside contact.[3]

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  1. ^ a b Crevels, Mily (2012). "Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking". In Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (eds.). The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide. Walter de Gruyter. p. 214. doi:10.1515/9783110258035. hdl:1887/70116. ISBN 978-3-11-025803-5.
  2. ^ Montoya Terrones, Fabián (2002). Naciones amazónicas. Lima, Peru: Editorial San Marcos. OCLC 51830202.
  3. ^ Olson, James Stuart (1991). "Caquinte". The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-313-26387-3.
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