Awajún chichám

Aguaruna

Jivaroan

FamilleJivaroan Locuteurs~55K (Peru ~50K + Ecuador ~5K) ÉcritureLatin PaysPeru (Amazonas, Cajamarca, San Martín, Loreto regions Langue officiellePeru (recognized regional language under Article 48 of the 1993 Constitution; Vitalitévulnerable ISO 639-3agr

Aguaruna (Awajún chichám, "Awajún speech") is the largest Jivaroan language, spoken by ~50,000-55,000 Awajún people in the Peruvian Amazon — Andes ecotone region. The Jivaroan family is a small isolated South American family of 4-5 closely related languages (Shuar jiv, Achuar acu, Huambisa, Shiwiar, Awajún agr) whose homeland straddles the Peru-Ecuador border in the Marañón River basin. Awajún speakers are ethnically related to but linguistically distinct from Ecuadorian Shuar; mutual intelligibility is partial. Awajún has retained Jivaroan family features: nasal vowels, focus markers, classifier-noun constructions, and an exhaustive ethnobiological lexicon for the rainforest. The 2009 Bagua massacre brought international attention to Awajún land rights.

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20 mots essentiels en Aguaruna

Eau

yumi

/jumi/

Feu

úkam

/úkam/

Soleil

etsá

/etsá/

Lune

nántu

/nántu/

Mère

dukú

/dukú/

Père

apá

/apá/

Manger

yuwámu

/juwámu/

Boire

úmag

/úmaɡ/

Amour

amaja

/amaha/

Cœur

anéntai

/anɛ́ntaj/

Arbre

númi

/númi/

Maison

jegámu

/heɡámu/

Chien

yawá

/jawá/

Chat

micha

/mitʃa/

Main

uwéj

/uwéh/

Œil

jíi

/híː/

Bonjour

pujámek

/puhámɛk/

Merci

see

/sɛː/

Un

makichik

/makitʃik/

Bon

ímia

/ímia/

Sources

Mots comparés

Comparé aux langues Jivaroan apparentées

Sens AguarunaAchuarShuarJaqarulakotadakotabedja
Eau yumi /jumi/ yumi /jumi/ yumi /jumi/ uma /uma/ mní /mní/ mní /mní/ yam /jam/
Feu úkam /úkam/ ji /dʒi/ ji /dʒi/ nina /nina/ pȟéta /pˣéta/ phéta /pʰéta/ neʼaat /neʔaːt/
Soleil etsá /etsá/ etsa /etsa/ etsa /etsa/ ñiwi /ɲiwi/ /wí/ aŋpétuwí /aŋpétuwí/ yint /jint/
Lune nántu /nántu/ nantu /nantu/ nantu /nantu/ phaxshi /pʰaχʃi/ haŋhépi wí /haŋhépi wí/ haŋyétuwí /haŋjétuwí/ tirig /tiɾiɡ/
Mère dukú /dukú/ nukur /nukuɾ/ nukur /nukuɾ/ mama /mama/ iná /iná/ iná /iná/ indee /iːndeː/
Père apá /apá/ apar /apaɾ/ apar /apaɾ/ awki /awki/ até /até/ até /até/ baab /baːb/
Manger yuwámu /juwámu/ yuata /juata/ yuata /juata/ mankaña /mankaɲa/ yúta /júta/ yúta /júta/ tame /tame/
Boire úmag /úmaɡ/ umarta /umaɾta/ umarta /umaɾta/ umaña /umaɲa/ yatkáŋ /jatkáŋ/ yatkáŋ /jatkáŋ/ gwaʼa /ɡʷaʕa/
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