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The Chicham languages, also known as Jivaroan (Hívaro, Jívaro, Jibaro) is a small language family of northern Peru and eastern Ecuador. Family division [ edit ]
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 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 ...
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.
The indigenous languages of South America are those whose origin dates back to the pre-Columbian era. ... Jivaro, Máku, Mura-Matanawi, Puinave-Nadahup, Taruma, ...
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]
The Achuar speak a Shuar language and Achuar-Shiwiar language, dialects of the Jivaroan languages. Achuar Chicham or Achuar are related to other languages such as Shuar Chicham but they differ greatly with the Awajunt language (except for some words and phrases). For this reason, some researchers believe they are not from the Jivaroana family.