Achuar–Shiwiar language

Shiwiar
Shiwiar chicham
Pronunciation[ʃiwʲár t͡ʃit͡ʃam]
Native toPeru, Ecuador
EthnicityAchuar people, Shiwiar
Native speakers
1,200 (2020)
Chicham
  • Nuclear Chicham?
    • Shiwiar
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3acu
Glottologachu1248
ELPAchuar
Shiwiar is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Shiwiar (Shiwiar: Shiwiar chicham, Achuar-Shiwiar pronunciation: [ʃiwʲár t͡ʃit͡ʃam]), also known as Jivaro and Maina, is a Chicham language spoken along the Pastaza and Bobonaza rivers in Ecuador. Shiwiar is one of the thirteen indigenous languages of Ecuador. All of these Indigenous languages are endangered.