Achuar-Shiwiar language

E47507

Jivaroan language indigenous language of the Americas language

The Achuar-Shiwiar language is a Jivaroan language spoken by the Achuar and Shiwiar Indigenous peoples of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador and Peru.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jivaroan language → indigenous language of the Americas → language →
belongsTo	South American indigenous languages →
closelyRelatedTo	Aguaruna language → Huambisa language → Shuar language →
country	Ecuador → Peru →
endangeredStatus	vulnerable →
ethnicity	Achuar → Shiwiar →
hasAlternativeName	Achual → Achuale → Achuar → Achuar Chicham → Achuar-Shiwiar → Jíbaro Achuar → Maina →
hasGlottocode	achu1248 →
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive nasalization → rich verbal morphology →
hasStandardizedOrthography	yes →
ISO639-3Code	acu →
isPartOf	indigenous languages of Ecuador → indigenous languages of Peru →
isSpokenAlong	Corrientes River region → Morona River region → Pastaza River region →
languageBranch	Chicham languages →
languageFamily	Jivaroan →
linguisticArea	Northwestern Amazonia →
region	Amazon rainforest → Upper Amazon →
spokenBy	Achuar people → Shiwiar people →
spokenIn	Ecuador → Peru →
subfamilyOf	Jivaroan languages →
typologicalFeature	SOV basic word order → agglutinative morphology →
usedFor	daily communication in Achuar communities → daily communication in Shiwiar communities → oral tradition → ritual practices →
usedInEducation	bilingual intercultural education programs in Ecuador → bilingual intercultural education programs in Peru →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Shuar →	relatedTo