ISO 639-3 · acuacu
Jivaroan-Cahuapanan family
Achuar
Achuar is a language of the Chicham branch (Jivaroan-Cahuapanan), spoken in Ecuador and Peru. Wikidata describes it as “Chicham language spoken in Peru and Ecuador”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
acu- Glottocode
achu1248- Family
- Jivaroan-Cahuapanan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 14 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Achuar |
|---|---|
| Also called | Jivaro, Shiwiar language, Shiwiar, Maina |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Jivaroan-Cahuapanan to Achuar
The branches above Achuar, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Ecuador
spaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationalkwiAwa PitBarbacoan · 12,0556b · ThreatenedcbiCha'palaaBarbacoan · 10,0006b · ThreatenedmueMedia Lenguaunclassified · 2,6006b · ThreatenedcofTsachilaBarbacoan · 2,3006b · ThreatenedconCofánunclassified · 1,7005 · DevelopingaucWaoraniunclassified · 1,6506b · ThreatenedseySecoyaTucanoan · 1,2007 · ShiftingsnnSionaTucanoan · 5507 · ShiftinganbAndoaSaparo–Yawan10 · Extinct