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It is an application for cell phones and tablets (Android Operating System) for children from 3 to 5 years old to learn through images and sounds the basic contents about the alphabet, numbers, family, colors, parts of the human body, animals, fruits and basic expressions in the Awajún language.

This app is aimed at serving as instruments to strengthen and promote linguistic revitalization processes that arise with the new generations.

The Awajún people, also known by the name of Aguaruna, is the second largest town in the Peruvian Amazon. Their language is the most widely spoken among the four that belong to the Jíbaro linguistic family.

This town has a strong political and organizational presence, which is evident since the late 1970s, with the creation of important indigenous organizations such as the Aguaruna and Huambisa Council (CAH).

The Awajún people live mainly in the department of Amazonas, although communities of this people are also found in the north of the departments of Loreto, Cajamarca and San Martín. According to the results of the 2017 national censuses, 37,693 people have identified themselves as part of the Awajún people nationwide due to their customs and ancestors; and by the language or mother tongue with which they learned to speak in their childhood, there have been 56,584 people who have stated that they speak the Awajún language, which corresponds to 1.26% of the total native languages ​​nationwide. In addition, the data obtained by the Ministry of Culture, the population of the communities of the Awajún people is estimated at 65,828 people.

Source: https://bdpi.cultura.gob.pe/pueblos/awajun