Jivaroan languages

The Jívaro languages ​​(English Jivaroan ) are an indigenous American language family of South America, which consists of only four languages ​​( in square brackets is the ISO 639-3 code stated):

  • Achuar Shiwiar [ acu ] (approx. 5,000 speakers in Perú and Ecuador)
  • Aguaruna [ agr ] (proper name: Aénts Chicham; approximately 38,000 speakers in Perú )
  • Huambisa [ hub ] (approx. 9,000 speakers in Perú )
  • Shuar [ jiv ] (proper name: Shuar Chicham; approximately 47,000 speakers in Ecuador)

The Jívaro languages ​​have the basic word order of subject-object - verb ( SOV ).

Personal pronouns

The personal pronouns of the Aguaruna are ( according to Fast / Larson 1974) as follows:

Linguistic typology
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