- Chiquitano language
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Chiquitano Bésiro Spoken in Santa Cruz, Bolivia Native speakers 6,000 out of an ethnic population of 50,000 Language family Language codes ISO 639-3 cax This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. Chiquitano (also Bésiro or Tarapecosi) is an indigenous language of eastern Bolivia, spoken in the central region of the Santa Cruz province.
It is a language isolate. Greenberg linked it to the Macro-Jê languages, but this was never substantiated.
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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.)' [1]
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
References
- ^ Sans, Pierric (2011). Proceedings of the VII Encontro Macro-Jê.Brasilia, Brazil.
- Fabre, Alain (2008-07-21). "Chiquitano". Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos.. http://butler.cc.tut.fi/~fabre/BookInternetVersio/Dic=Chiquitano.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
Categories:- Indigenous languages of the Americas stubs
- Languages of Bolivia
- Indigenous languages of South America (Central)
- Language isolates of South America
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