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 Sigma KEE - AchuarShiwiarLanguage
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AchuarShiwiarLanguage
The AchuarShiwiarLanguage is a JivaroanLanguage of Peru. SIL code: ACU. ISO 639-2: sai. Population: 3,000 to 3,500 in Peru. Population total both countries: 5,000 to 5,500. Region: Morona, Macusari, Tigre, Huasaga, and Corrientes rivers. Alternate names: ACHUAR, ACHUAL, ACHUARA, ACHUALE, JIVARO, MAINA. Comments: Different from Shuar (Jivaro) of Ecuador. Bilingual level estimates for Spanish are 0 90%, 1 6%, 2 3%, 3 1%, 4 0%, 5 0%. Dictionary. Grammar. SOV. Literacy rate in first language: 10% to 30%. Literacy rate in second language: 1%. NT 1981-1994. Also spoken in: Ecuador. (Language name: ACHUAR-SHIWIAR.) Population: 2,000 in 7 villages in Ecuador. Alternate names: ACHUAR, ACHUAL, ACHUARA, ACHUALE, JIVARO, MAINA. Comments: Bilingual level estimates for Shuar are 0 60%, 1 20%, 2 10%, 3 7%, 4 3%, 5 0%. Many people in the Ecuador group seem to be fairly bilingual in Shuar, but their comprehension is limited. SOV. Tropical forest. Interfluvial. Swidden agriculturalists, hunters-gatherers, fishermen. 150 to 500 meters. Traditional religion. NT 1981.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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InstancesContentBearingPhysicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 EntityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 HumanLanguageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 JivaroanLanguageA JivaroanLanguage is any of four related languages, spoken in Peru, forming a distinct family of languages that are unrelated to any others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 LanguageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 LinguisticExpressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 PhysicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 SpokenHumanLanguageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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