Shuar

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Shuar is an indigenous language of the Jivaroan family spoken by the Shuar people primarily in the Amazonian regions of Ecuador and Peru.

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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

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

Shuar alternateName Shuar
this entity surface form: Shuar Chicham
Napo Province ethnicGroup Shuar
Shuar people ethnicity Shuar