Uru-Chipaya language

E545599
indigenous language language language isolate

The Uru-Chipaya language is a small, indigenous language isolate of the Andean region of Bolivia, spoken by the Uru and Chipaya peoples and noted for its distinctiveness from surrounding language families.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Uru–Chipaya languages 4
Uru language 1
Uru-Chipaya language canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous language ⓘ
language ⓘ
language isolate ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea South American languages ⓘ
classificationStatus unrelated to major South American language families ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
culturalAssociation Chipaya culture ⓘ
Uru culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinctFrom Aymaran languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quechuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentationStatus limited descriptive grammars and wordlists ⓘ
endangeredStatusReason language shift to Spanish ⓘ
small speaker population ⓘ
ethnicity Chipaya people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uru people NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicDistribution Lake Titicaca region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oruro Department, Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Uru-Chipaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uru-Chipayan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uru–Chipaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDialect Chipaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uru NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion pre-Columbian Andean region ⓘ
ISO639-3Code chipaya: cap ⓘ
uru: ure ⓘ
languageContactWith Aymara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quechua NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily language isolate ⓘ
linguisticArea Andean linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature distinct phonology compared to Quechua and Aymara ⓘ
highly divergent from surrounding Andean languages ⓘ
preserves pre-Inca linguistic features ⓘ
region Altiplano NERFINISHED ⓘ
sociolinguisticSituation bilingualism with Spanish common among speakers ⓘ
spokenBy Chipaya people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uru people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Andean region ⓘ
Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ
status endangered language ⓘ
typologicalNote shows structural features atypical for neighboring Andean languages ⓘ
usedIn traditional rituals of Chipaya people ⓘ
traditional rituals of Uru people ⓘ
vitalityTrend declining number of fluent speakers ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (7)

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

Puquina language → notClassifiedAs → Uru-Chipaya language ⓘ
Andean linguistic area → hasLanguage → Uru-Chipaya language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uru–Chipaya languages
Andean linguistic area → hasLanguageFamily → Uru-Chipaya language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uru–Chipaya language family
Andean languages → hasLanguageFamily → Uru-Chipaya language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uru–Chipaya languages
Uros people → historicalLanguage → Uru-Chipaya language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uru language
Puquina → hasProposedRelation → Uru-Chipaya language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uru–Chipaya languages
Indigenous peoples of the Andes → languageFamily → Uru-Chipaya language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uru–Chipaya languages