Bésɨro
E728899
Bésɨro is an indigenous language of the Chiquitano people of Bolivia, known for its unique phonology and endangered status.
Statements (31)
| 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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