Jivaroan

E47506

indigenous language family language family

Jivaroan is a small indigenous language family of the northwestern Amazon, spoken primarily in parts of Ecuador and Peru.

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All labels observed (4)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	indigenous language family ⓘ language family ⓘ
classificationConsensus	widely accepted as a distinct family ⓘ
country	Ecuador ⓘ Peru ⓘ
documentationStatus	moderately documented ⓘ
endangermentStatus	some member languages vulnerable or endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated	Achuar people ⓘ Aguaruna people ⓘ Huambisa people ⓘ Shuar people ⓘ
familyColor	American ⓘ
geneticClassificationStatus	generally considered a small independent family ⓘ
geographicDistribution	eastern Ecuador ⓘ northern Peru ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Jivaroan ⓘ surface form: Jivaro Jivaroan languages ⓘ
hasMemberLanguage	Achuar-Shiwiar ⓘ Aguaruna ⓘ Huambisa ⓘ Shuar ⓘ
hasMemberLanguageCountApprox	4 main languages ⓘ
hasProposedRelation	Andean languages ⓘ Cahuapanan ⓘ Macro-Jibaroan ⓘ
linguisticArea	Northwestern Amazonia ⓘ
locatedIn	northwestern Amazon ⓘ
macroArea	South America ⓘ
primaryCountries	Ecuador ⓘ Peru ⓘ
region	Amazon rainforest ⓘ
researchField	Amazonian linguistics ⓘ
spokenBy	indigenous peoples of Ecuador ⓘ indigenous peoples of Peru ⓘ
spokenIn	Ecuador ⓘ Peru ⓘ
subclassOf	South American language family ⓘ
typologicalFeature	predominantly suffixing morphology ⓘ verb-final tendencies in some languages ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication within communities ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script (for some member languages) ⓘ