Thursday, November 17, 2011

ARABELA INDIANS IN PERU

ARABELA ARE INDIGENOUS TO TWO PERUVIAN VILLAGES IN A FOREST ECONOMY ALONG THE ARABELA RIVER. THEIR LANGUAGE CHIRIPUNO IS SPOKEN BY ABOUT 50 PEOPLE OF THEIR 500. MOST OF THE FOLKS SPEAK ARABELLA WHICH IS ANOTHER LANGUAGE OF THE ZAPAROAN FAMILY. MOST OF THE FAMILIES SPEAK ARABELA. THEY HAVE BEEN GREATLY REDUCED BY DISEASES, WARS AND ENSLAVEMENT FROM THE RUBBER BOOM

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