Peru Languages

Description
Official languages of Peru are
 * Spanish - or Peruvian Spanish. Spoken natively by 82.6% of the population. Used by the government, media, education systems, and commerce.
 * Quechuan - spoken by 13.9% of the population. Spoken by Amerindians living in the Andean highlands.
 * Varities of Quechua
 * Aymara - spoken by 1.7% of the population.

There are four Peruvian dialects
 * Andean Spanish
 * Peruvian Coastal Spanish
 * Andean-Coastal Spanish
 * Amazonic Spanish

Some of the indigenous languages spoken in Peru include
 * Asháninka
 * Bora
 * Aguaruna
 * Indigenous languages of Peru

Spanish is more predominant along the coast of Peru. The indigenous populations living east of the Andes speak various languages and dialects (estimated at 50).

Most materials used in Peruvian research are written in Spanish. However, you do not need to speak or read Spanish to do research in Peruvian records. You will need to know some keywords and phrases to understand the records, however. Because of Peru’s history, Roman Catholic records are the most common. You may find other languages in Peruvian records for areas with large populations of German, Italian, Japanese, and other immigrants. Spanish grammar affects the way names appear in genealogical records. For help in understanding name variations, see Peru Names, Personal.

Word List(s)

 * Useful Spanish phrases - Omniglot
 * Useful phrases in Cuzco Quechua - Omniglot
 * Useful phrases in Aymara - Omniglot
 * Ashaninka Words - Native-Languages.org
 * Aguaruna Words - Native-Languages.org
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * German Genealogical Word List
 * Latin Genealogical Word List
 * Polish Genealogical Word List
 * Portuguese Genealogical Word List
 * French Genealogical Word List

Alphabet and Pronunciation
Alphabet
 * Spanish alphabet - Omniglot
 * Classical Quechua alphabet - Omniglot
 * Ayacucho Quechua alphabet - Omniglot
 * Cuzco Quechua alphabet - Omniglot
 * The Aymara Official Alphabet - Omniglot
 * Asháninka alphabet - Omniglot
 * Bora alphabet - Omniglot
 * Aguaruna alphabet - Omniglot

Pronunciation
 * Spanish Pronunciation - Omniglot
 * Spanish pronunciation dictionary - Forvo
 * Ayacucho Quechua pronunciation - Omniglot
 * Quechua pronunciation dictionary - Forvo
 * Aymara pronunciation dictionary - Forvo
 * Asháninka pronunciation - Omniglot
 * Bora pronunciation - Omniglot
 * Aguaruna alphabet and pronunciation - Omniglot

Language Aids and Dictionaries
Dictionaries
 * Gonzales, Odi, Christine Mladic Janney, and Emily F Thompson. Quechua-Spanish-English dictionary : a trilingual reference. New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc, 2018. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Stanford, Olivia, Anwesha Dutta, Shambhavi Thatte, and Shalini Agrawal. First Spanish dictionary. New York, New York: DK Publishing, 2018. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Jarman, Beatriz Galimberti, Roy Russell, Carol Styles Carvajal, and Nicholas Rollin. The Oxford Spanish dictionary : Spanish-English, English-Spanish. New York: Oxford University Press Inc, 2008. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Dutton, Brian, L. P. Harvey, and Roger M. Walker. Cassell's concise Spanish-English, English-Spanish dictionary. Macmillan, London, New York: Cassell, 1977. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Wold, Lillian Ramos. Compilation of colonial Spanish terms and document related phrases. Fullerton, California: Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research, 1996. Available at: WorldCat.

Online Dictionaries
 * Dictionary English - Spanish - Glosbe
 * Dictionary English - Quechua - Glosbe
 * Dictionary English - Aymara - Glosbe
 * Dictionary English - Asháninka - Glosbe
 * Dictionary Bora - English - Glosbe
 * Dictionary English - Aguaruna - Glosbe

Language Aids
 * García, Teresa Alvarez and Susie Beattie. Collins Spanish dictionary & grammar. Glasgow, Scotland: Collins, 2018. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Schmitt, Conrad J. Spanish grammar. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2014. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Zollo, Mike and Alan Wesson. Spanish grammar made easy. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2018. Available at: WorldCat.

Additional Resources

 * Latin American Spanish or Spanish For Latin America - Omniglot