Kukamanu Animaru

This interactive educational application presents drawings of the fauna of the Amazonian jungle of Peru, with the names of the animals in the Kukama language and in the regional Spanish of Loreto, accompanied by audio clips in the Kukama language that are played by touching the image of the animal. animal. Animal species are organized taxonomically according to the division, order and family to which they belong. The main objectives are to encourage the revitalization of the Kukama language and promote the intergenerational transmission of traditional ecological knowledge, and it is also useful for learning about the scientific classification of Amazonian fauna.This 134-page application is part of a series of applications in Peruvian indigenous languages, which so far includes Matsés and Iskonawa. Illustrates the extraordinarily high diversity of animals found in the western Amazon along with the sophisticated traditional ecological knowledge of the Kukama people, using illustrations of 493 animal species drawn by Matsés artist Guillermo Nëcca Pëmen Mënquë, each accompanied by an audio clip. from the name pronounced by a native speaker of the Kukama language. The app contains images of almost all animal species that have names in the Kukama language, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, centipedes, spiders, crustaceans, molluscs, worms, and other invertebrates. More than 200 animal families are represented in 77 orders. The Kukama names were compiled by Dr. David W. Fleck in consultation with learned Kukama speakers, using published dictionaries, field guides, photographs, and audio recordings of animal songs.This interactive educational application features drawings of the local fauna of the Amazon rainforest of Peru, with the names of the animals in the Kukama language and in local Spanish, accompanied by audio clips in the Kukama language that are played upon tapping the image of the animal . The animal species are taxonomically organized according to division, order, and family to which they belong. The main objectives are to encourage the revitalization of the Kukama language and to promote the intergenerational transmission of traditional ecological knowledge, and can also serve to learn the scientific classification of the Amazonian fauna.This 134-page app forms part of a series of applications in indigenous Peruvian languages, that so far includes Matses and Iskonawa. It illustrates the incredibly high animal diversity found in the western Amazon along with the sophisticated traditional ecological knowledge of the Kukama people with illustrations of 493 species of animals drawn by Matses artist Guillermo Nëcca Pëmen Mënquë, each accompanied with an audio file of the name pronounced by a native speaker of Kukama. The application contains pictures of almost all the animal species that have names in the Kukama language, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, centipedes, spiders, crustaceans, mollusks, worms, and other invertebrates. More than 200 animal families are represented in 77 orders. The Kukama names were compiled by Dr. David W. Fleck in consultation with the Kukama elders using published dictionaries, field guides, photographs, and audio recordings of animal calls.