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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Chicham Shuar canonical 1
Jíbaro Shuar 1
pueblo Shuar 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazonian language
Jivaroan language
indigenous language
alternativeName Shuar Chicham NERFINISHED
Shuar language
endangeredStatus vulnerable
geographicDistribution Amazonian regions of northern Peru
Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador NERFINISHED
Pastaza Province, Ecuador NERFINISHED
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) NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode shua1257
hasISO639-3Code jiv
hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasalization
hasSpeakerPopulation tens of thousands of speakers
influencedBy Spanish NERFINISHED
languageFamily Jivaroan NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Aguaruna language NERFINISHED
Huambisa language NERFINISHED
spokenBy Shuar people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Ecuador NERFINISHED
Peru NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion Ecuadorian Amazon NERFINISHED
Peruvian Amazon NERFINISHED
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 alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (3)

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

Shuar language alternativeName Chicham Shuar
Shuar language alternativeName Chicham Shuar
this entity surface form: Jíbaro Shuar
Amazonía Ecuatoriana inhabitedBy Chicham Shuar
this entity surface form: pueblo Shuar