Itonama language
E588568
The Itonama language is an indigenous and nearly extinct language isolate of the Bolivian Amazon, traditionally spoken by the Itonama people.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Indian language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ language isolate ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | unrelated to neighboring language families ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Bolivia ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
lack of intergenerational transmission
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language shift to Spanish ⓘ sociocultural pressure ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Itonama people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | iton1250 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Itonama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Itonama-Saramo
NERFINISHED
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Saramo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex verbal morphology
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evidentiality distinctions ⓘ head-marking ⓘ nasal harmony ⓘ noun incorporation ⓘ rich prefixation ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
person marking on verbs
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switch-reference-like distinctions ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant clusters
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contrastive nasalization ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEfforts |
community-based documentation projects
ⓘ
linguistic description by field linguists ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | ito ⓘ |
| languageFamily | language isolate ⓘ |
| languageStatusSource | UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType |
agglutinative language
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polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Baure language
NERFINISHED
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Movima language ⓘ Moxo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | verb–subject–object ⓘ |
| region | Beni Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | very small number of elderly speakers ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bolivia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bolivian Amazon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
nearly extinct
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severely endangered ⓘ |
| traditionalSettlementArea |
Itonomas River region
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Mamore River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional rituals of the Itonama people ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
|
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