Chiquitano language family

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The Chiquitano language family is a small indigenous language group of lowland Bolivia, centered on the Chiquitano people and their historically missionized region in eastern Santa Cruz.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Chiquitano language 1

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language family
associatedWithEthnicGroup Chiquitano people NERFINISHED
contactLanguage Spanish
continent South America
country Bolivia
geographicDistribution eastern Santa Cruz region
lowland Bolivia
hasAlternativeName Chiquitana language family NERFINISHED
Chiquitanoan language family NERFINISHED
Chiquito language family
hasDomain indigenous culture of eastern Bolivia
hasEthnolinguisticRegion Chiquitania NERFINISHED
hasLanguageBranch Chiquitano NERFINISHED
hasLanguageStatus endangered
hasNotableVariety Concepción Chiquitano NERFINISHED
Lomerío Chiquitano NERFINISHED
San Ignacio Chiquitano NERFINISHED
San Javier Chiquitano NERFINISHED
Santiago de Chiquitos Chiquitano NERFINISHED
hasPrimaryLanguage Chiquitano language NERFINISHED
hasSociolinguisticSituation language shift toward Spanish
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
historicalCenter Chiquitos region NERFINISHED
historicallyAssociatedWith Jesuit missions of Chiquitos NERFINISHED
linguisticClassificationStatus unclassified
mainContactLanguageCountry Bolivia NERFINISHED
possibleRelation Bororoan languages (hypothesized)
Macro-Jê languages (hypothesized) NERFINISHED
regionType missionized region
spokenIn Bolivia NERFINISHED
Santa Cruz Department NERFINISHED
eastern Bolivia
subclassOf South American indigenous language family
usedBy Chiquitano communities in rural areas

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

Chiquitano hasAlternativeName Chiquitano language family
this entity surface form: Chiquitano language
Chiquitano languageFamily Chiquitano language family