Chicham Shuar

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Chicham Shuar is an indigenous Jivaroan language spoken primarily by the Shuar people of the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Chicham Shuar canonical 1
Huambisa and Shuar 1
Jíbaro Shuar 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazonian language
Jivaroan language
indigenous language
alternativeName Shuar Chicham
Shuar language
endangeredStatus vulnerable
geographicDistribution Amazonian regions of northern Peru
Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador
Pastaza Province, Ecuador
hasBasicWordOrder SOV
hasCommunityEfforts language revitalization
literacy programs
hasCulturalRole marker of Shuar identity
medium of traditional knowledge transmission
hasDialects regional varieties in Ecuador
regional varieties in Peru
hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue: Shuar (jiv)
linked to: Shuar language
hasGlottocode shua1257
hasISO639-3Code jiv
hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasalization
hasSpeakerPopulation tens of thousands of speakers
influencedBy Spanish
languageFamily Jivaroan
languageFamilyBranch Shuar subgroup of Jivaroan
languageStatus indigenous language of Ecuador
indigenous language of Peru
minority language
recognizedBy intercultural bilingual education system of Ecuador
relatedTo Achuar-Shiwiar language
Aguaruna language
Huambisa language
spokenBy Shuar people
spokenIn Ecuador
Peru
spokenInRegion Ecuadorian Amazon
Peruvian Amazon
taughtAt community schools in Shuar territories
usedBy indigenous communities
usedFor cultural practices
daily communication
oral tradition
usedIn Shuar radio broadcasts
bilingual education programs in Ecuador
religious and ceremonial contexts
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (4)

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

Shuar language alternativeName Chicham Shuar
Shuar language alternativeName Jíbaro Shuar
linked to: Chicham Shuar
Amazonía Ecuatoriana inhabitedBy pueblo Shuar
linked to: Chicham Shuar
Huambisa-Shuar hasAlternativeName Huambisa and Shuar
linked to: Chicham Shuar