Besiro
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Besiro is an indigenous language of the Chiquitano people of Bolivia, known for its unique linguistic features and endangered status.
Statements (35)
| 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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