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The most promising external connections are with the Cahuapanan languages and perhaps a few other language isolates in proposals variously called Jívaro-Cahuapana (Hívaro-Kawapánan) (Jorge Suárez and others) or Macro-Jibaro or Macro-Andean (Morris Swadesh and others, with Cahuapanan, Urarina, Puelche, and maybe Huarpe).
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.
Jivaro family, c. 1901. Anthropologists have recognized the Jivaroan languages as distinct, but have called attention to two confounding factors. The first has to do with nomenclature: Jivaroan language speakers typically identify themselves either by their language's word for person (shuar) or by the name of the river on which they live ...
The Shuar, also known as Jivaro, are an indigenous ethnic group that inhabits the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazonia. They are famous for their hunting skills and their tradition of head shrinking, known as Tzantsa. The Shuar language belongs to the Jivaroan linguistic family and is spoken by over 50,000 people in the region.
Jivaro languages, a language family of northern Peru and eastern Ecuador; Jivaro, a 1954 American 3-D film; Jíbaro, English title Wild Dogs, a 1985 Cuban film; Lake Jivaro, a reservoir in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States; Jibaro, the final episode of season three of Love, Death + Robots which won several awards.
Shiwiar is a language spoken by the Achuar people of the Amazonian region of Ecuador. [3] The Achuar people also speak Spanish, Shuar, and Kichwa along with their native language, Shiwiar. [3] Shuar belongs to the same language family as Shiwiar – Jivaroan. [3]
Macro-Jibaro Andean (controversial) Geographic distribution Amazon Linguistic classification Proposed language family Subdivisions Jivaroan Cahuapanan Urarina Puelche † ? Huarpe † ? Candoshi Language codes ISO 639-3 – Glottolog None The Macro-Jibaro proposal, also known as (Macro-)Andean, is a language proposal of Morris Swadesh and other historical linguists. The two families, Jivaroan ...
Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...