A Yanesha elder sings a traditional lullaby in her native language…

The following narrative includes excerpts from a currently untitled collection of testimonies and interviews, where it is all about people’s voices, accents, and speech patterns, hand in hand with my own personal anecdotes and observations. In addition to that, people are free to introduce themselves and speak their minds openly in their indigenous languages, without any paraphrases or expectations. The goal is to create a ‘Universal Phrasebook Of Indigenous Languages’ (‘UPIL’). So, let the story go on from there… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZ8NJV31?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_sirpi https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNRRR83W?ref_=pe_93986420_774957520 ••• “There is a song that I’m going to share with you now. It was given to me by my mother, after my grandmother had passed away. It is a Yanesha lullaby, and it goes like this…” ••• Morreñéts /,morr(h)e(y)’NYETS/ = Song, Canción ••• 1. Nocop morreñéts atarr (nanac) cohuen(tena). Ñamha phocop? /no'COP/ /,morr(h)e(y)’NYETS/ /’Atar((s)h)/ (/na'NAC/) /co’HWEN(,ten-a)/. /nya'MYA/ /pyo’COP/? “To me, the song sounds very beautiful. What about you?” “Para mí, esta canción suena muy bonita. Qué te parece?” 2.Nápa’ xho’. /NApa`/ /jho`/ “I agree.” “Estoy de acuerdo.” ••• The Yanesha culture is located in the Amazon rainforest, mostly in the upper regions of the eastern slope of the Andes, in Peru. The Yanesha language belongs to the larger Arawak language family. It uses words for items the meaning of which is difficult to conceptualize in a European language like Spanish. An indigenous language like Yanesha is deeply intertwined with many cultural traditions. ••• Interview conducted in the Yanesha village of Tsachopen, near Oxapampa, Peru, by Marco Rixecker and Luis Deza León https://www.amazon.com/author/marcorixecker ••• Radio Aula Mundi, August 2025 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0J-iNFOJ5e7pEH8ldsVqlM272Ly4wwBQ&si=Db9cnIDPtz9uNC8O ••• At the moment, Radio Aula Mundi is an evolving podcast station where no language and all languages are spoken… It’s a multilingual mix of music, poetry, lectures, languages, interviews, documentaries, recipes, and a lot more, co-produced with the students of the ‘Aula Mundi International Cultural Center’…••• Radio Aula MundiCentro Cultural & Turistico Aula MundiAula Mundi Cultural Travel Centerhttps://linktr.ee/radioaulamundi •••