Chiquitano language
| Chiquitano | |
|---|---|
| Besïro | |
| Native to | Santa Cruz, Bolivia |
| Ethnicity | 47,100 Chiquitano people (2004)[1] |
Native speakers | 5,900 in Bolivia (2004)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cax |
| Glottolog | chiq1248 Chiquitanosans1265 Sansimoniano |
| ELP | Chiquitano |
Chiquitano (also Bésiro or Tarapecosi) is an indigenous language isolate of eastern Bolivia, spoken in the central region of the Santa Cruz province.
Classification
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
Nasal assimilation
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.)' [2]
Syllable structure
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
- Lenguas de Bolivia (online edition)
References
- ^ a b Chiquitano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Sans, Pierric (2011). "Proceedings of the VII Encontro Macro-Jê.Brasilia, Brazil".
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- 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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