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Name: Jívaro
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Jíbaro; Xívaro; Shuara; Achuara; Achuar; Achuale; Achuar-Shiwiar; Achual; Jivaro; Maina; Jibaro; Shuar; Achuall; Huambisa; Xivaro; Chiwaro; Hívaro; Hivaro; Shuar; Achuar-Shiwiar
Spoken in: Ecuador, Peru
Number of speakers: 3,000 in Peru. Population total all countries: 5,000 (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 2600 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 5000 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: acu
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Jivaroan (Hivaro)
Parent Subgroup: Jivaroan; Jivaroan Family; Jibaro; Hívaro; Jivaro Proper (jiva)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Severely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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