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loss of their language. Wrote [[strikethrough]] Published [[/strikethrough]] thesis/dissertation on this topic.
Good News. Language was recognized by the Peruvian ministry of culture as one of 17 languages to be preserved. (As of June 2015) Written language/alphabet was published.
Language Lesson - Hands on lesson involving the entire audience, ie. "turn to the person on the left and ask them their name" :)
Songs of Wochiperi often involve animals from the jungle - monkey, hind, jaguar, etc.
Counting Words for numbers are multi syllabic (sp.) For example two = Bolta, Four = bolta bolta
Speaker Commentary - Per presenter's experience, there is some bias/prejudice against speakers of indegenous (spelling!) language for being uneducated or unsophisticated