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Shuar | |
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Shiwar chicham | |
Native to | Ecuador |
Ethnicity | Shuar |
Native speakers | 35,000 (2007)[1] |
Chicham
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ISO 639-3 | jiv |
Glottolog | shua1257 |
ELP | Shuar |
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.