Moxo languages
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| Moxo | |
|---|---|
| Mojos | |
| Native to | Bolivia |
| Ethnicity | 21,000 Moxo people (2004)[1] |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2000–2004)[1] |
Arawakan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:ign – Ignaciano Moxostrn – Trinitario Moxos |
| Glottolog | moxo1234 Moxomagi1242 Magiana |
Moxo (also known as Mojo, pronounced 'Moho') is any of the Arawakan languages spoken by the Moxo people of Northeastern Bolivia. The two extant languages of the Moxo people, Trinitario and Ignaciano, are as distinct from one another as they are from neighboring Arawakan languages. Extinct Magiana was also distinct.
Moxo languages have an active–stative syntax.[2]
Use
The languages belong to a group of tribes that originally ranged through the upper Mamoré, extending east and west from the Guapure (Itenes) to the Beni, and are now centered in the Province of Moxos, Department of Beni, Bolivia.[3]
Ignaciano is used in town meetings unless outsiders are present, and it is a required subject in the lower school grades, one session per week. Perhaps half of the children learn Ignaciano. By the 1980s there were fewer than 100 monolinguals, all older than 30.
Word Set
The following is a wordlist containing sample words from English to Moxos:
| English | Moxos |
|---|---|
| One | Ikapia |
| Two | Apisá |
| Three | Impúse |
| Man | Ehiro |
| Woman | Eseno |
| Sun | Sáche |
| Water | Uni |
| Fire | Yuku |
| Head | Nuxuti |
| Hand | Nubupe |
| Corn | Suru |
See also
- Indigenous languages of the Americas
- Classification schemes for indigenous languages of the Americas
- Mesoamerican languages
- Language families and languages
- Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Category:Indigenous languages of the Americas (division into geocultural areas)
- Languages of Peru
- List of Spanish words of Indigenous American Indian origin
References
- ^ a b Ignaciano Moxos at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Trinitario Moxos at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.
- ^ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10606b.htm, New Advent, Moxos Indians, Retrieved February 10, 2011.