Chiquitano language
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| Chiquitano | |
|---|---|
| Besïro | |
| Native to | Santa Cruz, Bolivia |
| Ethnicity | 47,100 Chiquitano people (2004)[1] |
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Native speakers
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5,900 in Bolivia (2004)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cax |
| Glottolog | chiq1248 (Chiquitano)[2]sans1265 (Sansimoniano)[3] |
Chiquitano (also Bésiro or Tarapecosi) is an indigenous language isolate of eastern Bolivia, spoken in the central region of the Santa Cruz province.
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Classification[edit]
Chiquitano is a language isolate. Greenberg linked it to the Macro-Jê languages in his discredited proposal, but this was never substantiated.
According to traditional sources, dialects were tao (yúnkarirsh), piñoco, penoqui, kusikia, manasi, san simoniano, churapa.
Phonology[edit]
Nasal assimilation[edit]
Chiquitano has regressive assimilation triggered by nasal nuclei / ɨ̃ ĩ ũ õ ã ẽ/ and targeting consonant onsets within a morpheme.
- /suβũ/ → [suˈmũ] 'parrot (sp.)' [4]
Syllable structure[edit]
The language has CV, CVV, and CVC syllables. It does not allow complex onsets or codas. The only codas allowed are nasal consonants.
External links[edit]
- Lenguas de Bolivia (online edition)
References[edit]
- ^ a b Chiquitano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Chiquitano". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Sansimoniano". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ^ Sans, Pierric (2011). "Proceedings of the VII Encontro Macro-Jê.Brasilia, Brazil".
- Fabre, Alain (2008-07-21). "Chiquitano" (PDF). Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
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