Achuar-Shiwiar language

E47507

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

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Achuar-Shiwiar language canonical 9
Achuar language 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jivaroan language
indigenous language of the Americas
language
belongsTo South American indigenous languages
closelyRelatedTo Aguaruna language
Awajún language
surface form: Huambisa language

Shuar language
country Ecuador
Peru
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicity Achuar-Shiwiar
surface form: Achuar

Shiwiar
hasAlternativeName Achual
Achuale
Achuar-Shiwiar
surface form: Achuar

Achuar-Shiwiar
surface form: 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
Northwestern Amazonia
surface form: Upper Amazon
spokenBy Achuar people
Shuar people
surface form: 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

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shuar relatedTo Achuar-Shiwiar language
Achuar people language Achuar-Shiwiar language
Achuar people primaryLanguage Achuar-Shiwiar language
Shuar language closelyRelatedTo Achuar-Shiwiar language
Awajún language hasNeighborLanguage Achuar-Shiwiar language
Jivaroan languages hasNotableLanguage Achuar-Shiwiar language
Maina alternativeNameOf Achuar-Shiwiar language
Maina hasAlternativeName Achuar-Shiwiar language
Chicham languages hasMemberLanguage Achuar-Shiwiar language
Morona River region languageSpoken Achuar-Shiwiar language
this entity surface form: Achuar language
Corrientes River region hasPrimaryLanguages Achuar-Shiwiar language
this entity surface form: Achuar language