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. Approximately 50% of Achuar language speakers are literate. Only 1% of those who speak Achuar as a second language are literate, as the majority prefer to use Spanish.

Orthography

In the Achuar language, there are four vowels: a, e, i, u. Only the "e" is pronounced differently. The alphabet consists of 21 letters: a, aa, ch, e, ee, i, ii, j, k, m, n, p, r, s, sh, t, ts, u, uu, w, y. ''Aints ainauti mash metek nuwanmaya akiniauwitji. Turasha ankan penker pujusmi tusar akiniauwitji. Aintstikia mash ii nintijai paan nintimratnuitji, turasha penker aa nu nekaatnuitji. Aints pasé aa nusha nekaatnuitji. Turasha ii pataichiri ainaujai penker nintimtunisar pujuiniana nunisrik chikich aintsjaisha penker nintimtunisar pujustinuitji.'' Translation: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." (First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

References

{{reflist Languages of Peru Languages of Ecuador Endangered Indigenous languages of the Americas