Chiquitano

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Chiquitano is an indigenous language of the Chiquitano people of eastern Bolivia, particularly associated with the Santa Cruz region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chiquitano canonical 2
Chiquito 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American language
Bolivian language
endangered language
indigenous language
associatedWith Jesuit missions of Chiquitos
belongsTo indigenous cultural heritage of Bolivia
continent South America
country Bolivia
endangerment definitely endangered
ethnicGroup Chiquitano people
glottologCode chik1251
glottologName Chiquitano self-link
hasAlternativeName Besiro
Bésɨro
Chiquitano language family
surface form: Chiquitano language

Chiquitano
surface form: Chiquito

Tarapecosi
hasContactWith Spanish
neighboring Amazonian languages
hasDialect eastern varieties
western varieties
hasLinguisticArea Upper Rio Negro linguistic area
surface form: South American lowland linguistic area
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasalization
tonal or pitch-accent-like distinctions (analyzed variably)
hasRevitalizationEffort bilingual education initiatives in Bolivia
community-based literacy programs
hasSpeakerCommunity mission towns historically founded by Jesuits
rural communities in Santa Cruz Department
hasWordOrder SOV-dominant
historicalRegion Chiquitos region
influencedBy Spanish
ISO639-3 cax
languageFamily Chiquitano language family
languageIsolateOrUnclassified yes
region Santa Cruz region
spokenBy Chiquitano people
spokenIn Bolivia
Santa Cruz Department
eastern Bolivia
status threatened
subjectOf descriptive grammars
language revitalization projects
phonological studies
usedFor daily communication in some communities
oral tradition
traditional rituals
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chiquitano hasAlternativeName Chiquitano
this entity surface form: Chiquito
Chiquitano glottologName Chiquitano self-link