Achuar-Shiwiar

Achuar-Shiwiar is a Chicham language spoken in Peru and Ecuador. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Achuar-Shiwiar · 2.8°S 77.3°W

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.

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Written down

Aints ainauti mash metek nuwanmaya akiinawaitji. Turasha angkan pengker pujusmi tusar akiinawaitji. Aintstikia mash ji nintijai paan nintimratnuitji, turasha pengker aa nu nekaatnuitji. Turasha pase aa nusha nekaatnuitji. Turasha ji pataachiri ainaujai pengker nintimtunisar pujaj ina nunisrik chikich ainauj aisha pengker nintimtunisar pujustinuitji.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Achuar-Shiwiar

Meaning	Word	Romanization
woman	nuwa
person	ainc*
name	nar*
eye	xi*
ear	kuwiS*
nose	nuxi*
tooth	nai*
tongue	inai*
hand	uwex*
blood	numpa*
bone	ukunC*
skin	nuwap*
knee	tikiS*
breast	muncu*
liver	akap*
water	yumi
fire	xi*
sun	eca*
star	ya*
stone	kaya*
mountain	mura*
river	entza
tree	numi*
leaf	nuka*
night	kaSi*
dog	yawa*
fish	namak
louse	tema*
two	ximiar*
I	wi*