Chapter 5 Peru

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	Indigenous language	Speakers	Proportion literate
		3 3799780
1	Quechua	3,799,780	83%
2	Aimara	450,010	87%
3	Ashaninka	73,567	72%
4	Awajún / Aguaruna	56,584	76%
5	Shipibo - Konibo	34,152	82%
6	Shawi/Chayahuita	17,241	64%
7	Matsigenka/Machiguenga	6,629	70%
8	Kichwa	5,751	66%
9	Tikuna	4,290	75%
10	Nomatsigenga	3,895	63%

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Figure 5.1: Indigenous languages of Peru and their speakers

Downloadable data for census doesn’t have info about whether individuals speak Spanish as well

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Quechua

Aimara

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10 – 100
100 – 1,000
1,000 – 10,000
10,000 – 100,000
100,000 – 200,000

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Figure 5.2: Map of indiegnous languages with over 200,000 speakers in Peru