Shuar language

Not to be confused with Shiwiar language from Peru and Ecuador.

Shuar
Šiwar čičam
Native to	Ecuador
Ethnicity	Shuar
Native speakers	35,000 (2007)^[1]
Language family	Jivaroan Shuar
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`jiv`
Glottolog	`shua1257`^[2]

Shuar, which literally means "People", also known by such (now derogatory) terms as Chiwaro, Jibaro, Jivaro, or Xivaro, is an indigenous language spoken in the Southeastern jungle of the Morona-Santiago Province and Pastaza Province in Ecuador.

References

↑ Shuar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Shuar". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

External links

Dryer, Matthew S. & Haspelmath, Martin (eds.) 2013. Shuar. In the World Atlas of Language Structures Online. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Shuar

Languages of Ecuador

Official languages	Spanish Kichwa Shuar

Indigenous languages	Awa Pit Cha'palaachi Cofán Emberá Media Lengua Secoya Shiwiar Siona Tetete Tsafiki Waorani Záparo

Spanish varieties	Amazonic Andean Equatorial

Sign languages	Ecuadorian Sign Language

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