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Achuar language

Achuar (ISO 639-3 code acu) is a language of the Chicham family spoken in Ecuador and Peru. It has about 5,443 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as threatened.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codeacu
Glottocodeachu1248
FamilyChicham
AreaSouth America
CountriesEcuador, Peru
Speakers (estimate)5,443
EndangermentThreatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Related languages

Other Chicham languages, nearest first.

More about Achuar

Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.