Shuar
"Jívaro"; Chiwaro; Jíbaro; Shuara; Xivaro; Chicham;
Chicham family (Jivaroan)
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Shiwiar Chicham: 579 speakers (612 population) Shuar (Chicham): 42,261 speakers (52,697 population) (It is not clear whether these two belong together as the same language, or whether Shiwiar Chicham -- which does not match up clearly with the languages of others' classifications -- may belong to a different Jivaroan language.)
2012
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Ecuador, Peru
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2010
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Data for the ethnic population comes from Montaluisa.
2009
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Southeastern jungle, Morona-Santiago Province
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Southeastern jungle, Morona-Santiago Province
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Huambisa (Huambiza, Wambisa, Wampis) [hub]: 9,330 (2000) (2013). Achuar-Shiwiar [acu] (Achual, Achuale, Achuar, Achuara, Jivaro, Maina): 3,000 in Peru. Population total all countries: 7,000. The majority are monolingual (2013).
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Used as L2 by Achuar-Shiwiar [acu], Waorani [auc].
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- Atlas of the World’s Languages in DangerMoseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
- World Oral Literature Project"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.http://www.oralliterature.org
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)http://www.ethnologue.com/
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