Ch'unchu

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Ch'unchu or Chuncho is a derogatory word used in the Quechua and Aymara languages of Peru for native peoples of the Peruvian Amazon.{{Cite journal|last = Salas Carreño| first = Guillermo| title = Acerca de la antigua importancia de las comparsas de wayri ch'unchu y su contemporánea marginalidad en la peregrinación de Quyllurit'i (On the ancient importance of wayri ch'unchu dancers and their contemporary marginality in Quyllurit'i pilgrimage|journal = Anthropologica|year= 2010| volume=28| number= 28|p= 75|url = http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0254-92122010000100004}}

The term has been applied to various ethnic groups, including the Asháninka,Equated with the "Anti" in: {{cite book|last = Dean|first = Carolyn J.|title = A Culture of Stone: Inka Perspectives on Rock|year = 2010|publisher = Duke University Press}} "Anti" is an alternative name for the Asháninka.{{cn|date=May 2020}} and the Ese Ejja."Chuncho" is attested as an alternative name for the Ese Ejja language according to [https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/esee1248 Glottolog 4.2.1].