Also Known As:
Achual, Achuar-Shiwiar, Achuale, Achuara, Jívaro, Maina
Dialects & Varieties
Base de Datos de Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios
Base de Datos de Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
At least half of the population is bilingual in either Spanish or Quechua; and a smaller percentage speaks all three languages.
Location and Context
Countries
Peru, Ecuador
Location Description
Spoken by the Chuar and Jíbaro people, living in the basins of the Tigre, Corrientes, Pastaza, Huasaga, Manchari, Huitoyacu, and Situche rivers and the Masacuri and Anazo streams, in Loreto and Datem del Marañón Provinces, Loreto Region, Peru; also spoken in Ecuador.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Spanish, Quechua
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Comments on writing systems:
There has been an alphabet proposed by missionaries. Currently, the Ministry of Education of Peru is in the process of standardizing the alphabet, working with the participation of representatives of the Achuar people.
Recent Resources
List of Achuar words, with English, French, and Spanish equivalents.
Achuar sound inventory, with corresponding orthography and IPA transcription.
Picture dictionary with 12 animals and the Achuar words for them.