Shuar
E8615
Shuar is an indigenous language of the Jivaroan family spoken by the Shuar people primarily in the Amazonian regions of Ecuador and Peru.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shuar Chicham | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jivaroan language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Shuar
ⓘ
surface form:
Shuar Chicham
Shuar language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| country |
Ecuador
ⓘ
Peru ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Shuar people ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
key element of Shuar cultural identity
ⓘ
medium for transmission of Shuar oral history ⓘ |
| hasDialects | regional varieties within Shuar communities ⓘ |
| hasEducationalMaterial | bilingual textbooks in Shuar and Spanish ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasMedia |
printed materials in Shuar
ⓘ
radio programs in Shuar ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationSupport | Shuar federations in Ecuador ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationEffort | orthography development in Latin script ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | jiv ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | bilingual intercultural education programs in Ecuador ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Jivaroan ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Jivaroan ⓘ |
| languageStatus |
indigenous language of Ecuador
ⓘ
indigenous language of Peru ⓘ minority language ⓘ |
| linguisticClassification | South American indigenous language ⓘ |
| morphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| region |
Amazonian region of Ecuador
ⓘ
Amazonian region of Peru ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Achuar-Shiwiar language
ⓘ
Aguaruna language ⓘ Aguaruna language ⓘ
surface form:
Huambisa language
|
| spokenBy | Shuar people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Loreto Region of Peru
ⓘ
Morona-Santiago Province ⓘ Pastaza Province ⓘ Zamora-Chinchipe Province ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication among Shuar people ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local media in Shuar communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ traditional education within Shuar communities ⓘ |
| usedInReligion |
Christian missions among Shuar communities
ⓘ
Shuar traditional spiritual practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shuar Chicham