Shuar (which literally means "people", also known by such (now derogatory) terms as Chiwaro, Jibaro, Jivaro, or Xivaro) is an indigenous language spoken by the Shuar people of Morona Santiago Province and Pastaza Province in the Ecuadorian Amazon basin.
[3] The geographical remoteness within the Ecuadorian rainforest isolates the Shuar and has widely scattered the people from one another.
As a result, in the late 1960s, radio schools were formed to promote communication and education in both Spanish and Shuar.
[4] The following text is an official translation of part of Article 2 of the Constitution of Ecuador which stipulates the language policy of the State.
The other ancestral languages are in official use by indigenous peoples in the areas where they live and in accordance with the terms set forth by law.