Achuar-Shiwiar is a Chicham language spoken Peru and Ecuador by about 5,000 people who belong to the Achuar, Shiwiar and Maina tribes. It is spoken along the Morona, Macusari, Tigre, Huasaga and Corrientes rivers in Peru, and along the Pastaza and Bobonaza Rivers in Ecuador.
The language is also known as Achuar Chicham, Achuar-Shiwiar, Achuar-Shiviar, Achuár, Ashuar, Achual, Achuale, Achuare, Achuara, Atchuara, Shiwiár, Shiviar, Shiwiar-Maina, Shiwiar Chicham, Máin, Mayna, Mayno, and Áints
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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.
Source: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Language.aspx?LangID=acu
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Information about the Achuar-Shiwiar language
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=acu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiwiar_language
http://www.native-languages.org/achuar.htm
Achuar-Shiwiar, Aguaruna, Huambisa, Shuar
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page last modified: 16.03.24
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