Paunaka language
E618305
The Paunaka language is an endangered Arawakan language traditionally spoken by the Paunaka people of eastern Bolivia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paunaka language canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Paunaca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paunaka (Arawakan) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Paunaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToBranch | Bolivian Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-attested Arawakan language ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Plurinational State of Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfficialLanguageContext | minority language in a Spanish-dominant country ⓘ |
| culturalRole | marker of Paunaka ethnic identity ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| endangermentCause | language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Paunaka people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Arawakan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geneticRelation |
related to Baure language
ⓘ
related to Mojo languages ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
possessive marking on nouns
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonology |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSpeakers | very small elderly population ⓘ |
| isIndigenousTo | Bolivian lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Arawakan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOf | Paunaka people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo | Spanish language ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | predominantly agglutinative ⓘ |
| macroArea | South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Baure language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chiquitano language NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryContactLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| region |
Beni Department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santa Cruz Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts | community-based documentation and teaching projects ⓘ |
| shiftPattern | younger generations predominantly speak Spanish ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bolivia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Bolivia ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Southern Arawakan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| useDomain | home and community contexts ⓘ |
| vitality | critically low number of speakers ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.