Not to be confused with Shiwiar language from Peru and Ecuador.
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Shuar
Shiwar chicham
Native to
Ecuador
Ethnicity
Shuar
Native speakers
35,000 (2007)[1]
Language family
Chicham
Shuar
Official status
Recognised minority language in
Ecuador
Language codes
ISO 639-3
jiv
Glottolog
shua1257
ELP
Shuar
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.
^Shuar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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Ecuador, Spanish is the sole official language at the national level while the Kichwa (Northern Quechua) and Shuarlanguages hold co-official status in selected...
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...
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...
Sign Language Emberá languages Media Lengua 9 varieties of Quechua Secoya Shuar Spanish Siona Tetete Waorani Záparo Constitution of Ecuador 2008, Chapter...
people of the Americas belonging to the Jivaroan family, alongside the Shuar, Shiwiar, Awajun, and Wampis (Perú). They are settled along the banks of...
more than 60 such aboriginal languages exist today. Ecuador uses Spanish, Northern Quechua, and Shuar as official languages for intercultural relations...
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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or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language. Official language A language designated as having a unique legal...
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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their previous languages and tribal origins. Yumbos were scattered throughout the Oriente, whereas the Jívaros—subdivided into the Shuar and the Achuar—were...
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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differences between its founders. The term tzántzico comes from the Shuarlanguage: “maker of tzantzas”, which means to cut off and shrink an enemy's head...
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