Shiwiar, also known as Achuar, Jivaro and Maina, is a Chicham language spoken along the Pastaza and Bobonaza rivers in Ecuador.
[2] Shiwiar is a language spoken by the Achuar people of the Amazonian region of Ecuador.
[3] The Achuar people also speak Spanish, Shuar, and Kichwa along with their native language, Shiwiar.
[3] Although the Achuar live in the Amazon Basin, the extracting of oil and raw materials from Ecuador through mining has displaced the Achuar communities and endangered their homes.
000529, Article 27, and the Dirección Nacional de Educación Indígena Intercultural Bilingüe (DINEIIB).