Bésɨro

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Bésɨro is an indigenous language of the Chiquitano people of Bolivia, known for its unique phonology and endangered status.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chiquitano language
endangered language
indigenous language
alternateName Bésiro
Chiquitano NERFINISHED
country Bolivia
endangermentStatus endangered
threatened
hasEthnolinguisticGroup Chiquitano people NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode chik1251
hasISO6393Code cax
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order (tendential)
hasMorphologyType agglutinative language
hasNumberOfSpeakers several thousand (approximate)
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant system
contrastive nasalization
vowel length distinctions
isMinorityLanguageIn Bolivia NERFINISHED
languageFamily Macro-Jê languages NERFINISHED
recognizedBy linguists as distinct from neighboring languages
region Santa Cruz Department NERFINISHED
spokenBy Chiquitano people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Bolivia NERFINISHED
statusInEducation limited use in local schools
subjectOf linguistic documentation projects
threatenedBy language shift to Spanish
usedFor everyday communication in some communities
oral storytelling
traditional rituals
usedIn Chiquitano missions region NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Chiquitano hasAlternativeName Bésɨro