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White-tailed deer (national animal) Odocoileus virginianus [28] Scarlet macaw (national bird) Ara macao [29] India: Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [30] Indian peafowl (national bird) Pavo cristatus [31] Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [32] Indian elephant (national heritage animal ...
A family that is well-known demographically and historically, the north branch suffered from the expansion of Quechua, while the south branch still has many speakers today. Northern Aru: Jaqaru: Yauyos: Kawki: Yauyos: Southern Aru: Aymara: Puno: Aruanas. A small family with languages in Brazil and Peru.
The estimated population in Peru was 66,559 in 1994, 103,161 in 1997, 118,678 in 2000, and 208,899 in 2012. [14] [15] Currently, [when?] the community of Lucanas conducts a chaccu (herding, capturing, and shearing) on the reserve each year to harvest the wool, organized by the National Council for South American Camelids (CONACS). [citation needed]
The vicuña, Lama vicugna, is the national animal of Peru. This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Peru.There are 417 mammal species in Peru, of which five are critically endangered, nine are endangered, thirty-two are vulnerable, and ten are near threatened.
In Suriname, the language is known as Sarnami Hindoestani and is still widely spoken. However, in Guyana, where it is known as Aili Gaili, [52] the language is nearly extinct as a spoken language, with only words and phrases still remaining. [53] Javanese is spoken by the Javanese Surinamese who form about 14% of the country's population. [54]
It is also the de facto national language of the country. In India, Bengali is one of the 23 official languages. [52] It is the official language of the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and in Barak Valley of Assam. [53] [54] Bengali has been a second official language of the Indian state of Jharkhand since September 2011.
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
Bengali people may be broadly classified into sub-groups predominantly based on dialect but also other aspects of culture: Bangals: This is a term used predominantly in Indian West Bengal to refer to East Bengalis – i.e. Bangladeshis as well as those whose ancestors originate from Eastern Bengal. The East Bengali dialects are known as Bangali ...