Aguano language


Aguano is a possible extinct language of Peru. Loukotka classified it as Chamicuro, but Chamicuro speakers say that the Aguano language was not the same as theirs, but rather that the Aguano people spoke Quechua.

Names and varieties

Alternate spellings are Uguano, Aguanu, Awano; it has also been called Santa Crucino.
Mason listed three Aguano groups, Aguano proper, Cutinana, and Maparina. Schematically, these can be summarized as: