Shuar

Shuar is a Chicham language spoken in Peru and Ecuador, by about 35 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Shuar · 3.5°S 78.2°W

Shuar ('people', also known by the derogatory term Jivaro, also spelled Chiwaro, Jibaro, or Xivaro) is an indigenous language spoken by the Shuar people of Morona Santiago Province and Pastaza Province in the Ecuadorian Amazon basin.

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Written down

Aents yajá nunkanam akínia asamtaish, metekrak ainiaji. Tumasha ni chichamenka tuke amiktin aíniawai. Ni iniakmamuri, ní chichamejaituke aniakmamsar chichakartin aíniawai. Tuma asamtai aents mash nekawar, penker metekrak, nuamtak wará warat shiir pujusarmi tusar aárma awai.

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

Words in Shuar

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	aenc*
name	nari*
eye	hi*
ear	kuiSi*
nose	nuhi*
tooth	nei*
tongue	inai*
hand	wehe*
blood	numba*
bone	kunCi*
skin	nuop*
knee	tikiSi*
breast	muncu*
liver	akapi*
water	entsa
fire	hi*
sun	eca*
star	ya*
stone	kaya*
mountain	ikyama*
tree	numi*
leaf	nuka*
night	kaSi*
dog	yawa*
fish	namaka*
louse	tema*
one	CikiCiki*
two	himera*
I	wi*
you	amue*