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Shiwiar language

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Native to
  
Peru, Ecuador

Language family
  
Jivaroan Achuar

Glottolog
  
achu1248

Ethnicity
  
Achuar people, Shiwiar

ISO 639-3
  
acu

Native speakers
  
(undated figure of 3,000–3,500 in Peru) 4,000 in Ecuador (2007)

Shiwiar, also known as Achuar, Jivaro, Maina, is a Jivaroan language spoken along the Pastaza and Bobonaza rivers in Ecuador.

Phonology

  • /i/ and /u/ have slightly lowered allophones [ɪ] and [ʊ], respectively.
  • /a, ã, aː/ are phonetically central [a̠, ã̠, a̠ː].
  • /a, ã/ (but not the long /aː/) have the following allophones: open central unrounded [a̠, ã̠], open-mid front unrounded [ɛ, ɛ̃], close-mid front unrounded [e, ẽ] and close-mid back rounded [o, õ].

    • References

    Shiwiar language Wikipedia
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