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Shuar language information


Shuar
Shiwar chicham
Native toEcuador
EthnicityShuar
Native speakers
35,000 (2007)[1]
Language family
Chicham
  • Shuar
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Ecuador
Language codes
ISO 639-3jiv
Glottologshua1257
ELPShuar

Shuar, which literally means "people", also known by such (now derogatory) terms as Chiwaro, Jibaro, Jivaro, or Xivaro, is an indigenous language spoken by the Shuar people of Morona Santiago Province and Pastaza Province in the Ecuadorian Amazon basin.

  1. ^ Shuar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language

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Ecuador, Spanish is the sole official language at the national level while the Kichwa (Northern Quechua) and Shuar languages hold co-official status in selected...

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Tsunki

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primordial spirit shaman within the Achuar and Shuar people of Amazonia. The term is derived from the Jivaroan language family. It translates to English as "the...

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peoples, including the Shuar. While the Europeans and the West have typically regarded anal intercourse as a sign of effeminacy, the Shuar perceived it as a...

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Languages of Ecuador

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Sign Language Emberá languages Media Lengua 9 varieties of Quechua Secoya Shuar Spanish Siona Tetete Waorani Záparo Constitution of Ecuador 2008, Chapter...

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Achuar

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people of the Americas belonging to the Jivaroan family, alongside the Shuar, Shiwiar, Awajun, and Wampis (Perú). They are settled along the banks of...

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Languages of South America

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more than 60 such aboriginal languages exist today. Ecuador uses Spanish, Northern Quechua, and Shuar as official languages for intercultural relations...

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Cueva de los Tayos

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communities) in Sucúa, Ecuador, at the Shuar Center Federation. (FICSH: Federación Interprovincial de Centros Shuar) Janos ‘Juan’ Móricz was a Hungarian...

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Tsentsak

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The term tsentsak is derived from the Shuar language, which belongs to the Jivaroan language family. The Shuar are members of the Jivaroan peoples who...

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Cauim

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The best term in English may be "Manioc beer". In Kichwa, Lumu Asua. In Shuar, Nijiamanch. In Paicoca, Co'n. A characteristic feature of the beverage...

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List of official languages by country and territory

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or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language. Official language A language designated as having a unique legal...

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Shiwiar language

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people also speak Spanish, Shuar, and Kichwa along with their native language, Shiwiar. Shuar belongs to the same language family as Shiwiar – Jivaroan...

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Jiv

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Journal of Interpersonal Violence, jiv, the ISO 639-3 code for the Shuar language jīv, the Sanskrit verb-root giving rise to Jiva, a living being, in...

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Ecuadorians

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their previous languages and tribal origins. Yumbos were scattered throughout the Oriente, whereas the Jívaros—subdivided into the Shuar and the Achuar—were...

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Indigenous languages of the Americas

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Brief: The Aboriginal languages of First Nations people, Métis and Inuit". Statistics Canada. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-12. Shuar at Ethnologue (18th...

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Peru has many languages in use, with its official languages being Spanish, Quechua and Aymara. Spanish has been in the country since it began being taught...

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Tzantzismo

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differences between its founders. The term tzántzico comes from the Shuar language: “maker of tzantzas”, which means to cut off and shrink an enemy's head...

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Premio Ostana

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Galician language, Shuar language, Yoruba language, Frisian languages, Griko dialect e Occitan language. 22–23 November Max Roqueta language: Occitan...

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List of official languages

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other languages) Ecuador (with Shuar and Spanish) Peru (with Spanish, Aymara and other languages) Romanian: Romania Moldova Romansh: National language in...

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Amerind languages

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Classification of the Indigenous languages of the Americas

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Huambisa language

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