Besiro

E728900

Besiro is an indigenous language of the Chiquitano people of Bolivia, known for its unique linguistic features and endangered status.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American language
Chiquitano language
endangered language
indigenous language
alternativeName Bésɨro NERFINISHED
Chiquitano NERFINISHED
associatedReligion predominantly Roman Catholic communities with indigenous beliefs
country Bolivia
ethnicGroup Chiquitano people NERFINISHED
hasDocumentationLanguage English NERFINISHED
Portuguese NERFINISHED
Spanish
hasEndangeredStatus endangered
hasGlottocode chik1251
hasISO6393Code cax NERFINISHED
hasLanguageShiftTo Spanish
hasLinguisticFeature complex verbal morphology
contrastive nasalization
rich system of evidentiality (reported and inferred information marking)
tone or pitch-based distinctions described in some varieties
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system with length and nasal contrasts in many descriptions
hasPreservationEffort community-based revitalization initiatives
documentation projects by linguists
hasSpeakerNumberTrend declining number of fluent speakers
hasSyntacticFeature basic SOV word order (subject–object–verb) in many clauses
isPartOf Chiquitano cultural heritage
languageFamily unclassified language family
region Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia NERFINISHED
spokenBy Chiquitano people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Bolivia NERFINISHED
status threatened by language shift to Spanish
usedIn oral storytelling traditions
traditional rituals of the Chiquitano people
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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