Shuar language

Shuar
Shiwar chicham
Native toEcuador
EthnicityShuar
Native speakers
35,000 (2007)[1]
Chicham
  • Shuar
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3jiv
Glottologshua1257
ELPShuar

Shuar, which literally means "people", also known by such (now derogatory) terms as Chiwaro, Jibaro, Jivaro, or Xivaro, is an indigenous language spoken by the Shuar people of Morona Santiago Province and Pastaza Province in the Ecuadorian Amazon basin.

  1. ^ Shuar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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