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.

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	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) →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Achuar-Shiwiar language → Shuar →	languageFamily
Aguaruna language →	geneticClassification
Jivaroan ("Jivaro") →	hasAlternativeName
Shuar people ("Jivaroan peoples") →	partOf