Chiquitano language
Chiquitano (also Bésiro or Tarapecosi) is an indigenous language isolate spoken in the central region of Santa Cruz Department of eastern Bolivia and the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil.
Chiquitano | |
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Besïro | |
Native to | Bolivia, Brazil |
Region | Santa Cruz (Bolivia); Mato Grosso (Brazil) |
Ethnicity | 47,100 Chiquitano people (2004)[1] |
Native speakers | 5,900 in Bolivia (2004)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cax |
Glottolog | chiq1248 Chiquitano[2]sans1265 Sansimoniano[3] |
Classification
Chiquitano is usually considered to be a language isolate. Greenberg linked it to the Macro-Jê languages in his discredited proposal, which was never substantiated.
Kaufman (1994) suggests a relationship with the Bororoan languages,[4] while Nikulin (2020) suggests that Chiquitano is a sister of Macro-Jê,[5] as does Adelaar (2008).[6]
Varieties
Mason (1950)
- Chiquito
- North (Chiquito)
- Manasí (Manacica)
- Penoki (Penokikia)
- Pinyoca; Kusikia
- Tao; Tabiica
- Churapa
Loukotka (1968)
According to Čestmír Loukotka (1968), dialects were Tao (Yúnkarirsh), Piñoco, Penoqui, Kusikia, Manasi, San Simoniano, Churapa.[8]
- Tao (Yúnkarirsh) - spoken at the old missions of San Rafael, Santa Ana, San Miguel, San Ignacio, San Juan, Santo Corazón, and Concepción, Bolivia.
- Piñoco - spoken at the missions of San Xavier, San José, and San José de Buenaventura.
- Penoqui - spoken at the old mission of San José.
- Cusiquia - once spoken north of the Penoqui tribe.
- Manasi - once spoken at the old missions of San Francisco Xavier and Concepción, Santa Cruz province.
- San Simoniano - now spoken in the Sierra de San Simón and the Danubio River.
- Churapa - spoken on the Piray River, Santa Cruz province.
Nikulin (2020)
Chiquitano varieties listed by Nikulin (2020):[5]
- Chiquitano
- Bésɨro (also known as Chiquitano Lomeriano), spoken in the Lomerío region and in Concepción. Co-official status.
- Chiquitano Migueleño (in San Miguel de Velasco and surroundings)
- Chiquitano Ignaciano (in San Ignacio de Velasco and surroundings)
- Chiquitano Santiagueño (in Santiago de Chiquitos)
- Divergent varieties
- Sansimoniano (spoken in the far northeast of Beni Department)
- Piñoco (formerly spoken in the missions of San José de los Boros, San Francisco Xavier de los Piñoca, and San José de Buenavista/Desposorios; see also Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos)
Phonology
Syllable structure
The language has CV, CVV, and CVC syllables. It does not allow complex onsets or codas. The only codas allowed are nasal consonants.
Vocabulary
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for different dialects of Chiquito (Chiquitano).[11]
gloss Chiquito Yúnkarirsh San Simoniano Churápa tooth oh-ox oän noosh tongue otús natä iyúto foot popez popess pipín ípiop woman pais páirsh paá páish water toʔus tush túʔush fire péz péesh peés sun suur suursh sóu súush manioc tauax táhuash tabá tawásh tapir okitapakis tapakish oshtápakish house ogox póosh ípiosh red kiturixi kéturuk kéturikí
For a vocabulary list of Chiquitano by Santana (2012),[12] see the corresponding Portuguese article.
Further reading
- Galeote Tormo, J. (1993). Manitana Auqui Besüro: Gramática Moderna de la lengua Chiquitana y Vocabulario Básico. Santa Cruz de la Sierra: Los Huérfanos.
- Santana, A. C. (2005). Transnacionalidade lingüística: a língua Chiquitano no Brasil. Goiânia: Universidade Federal de Goiás. (Masters dissertation).
- Nikulin, Andrey. 2019. ¡Manityaka au r-ózura! Diccionario básico del chiquitano migueleño: El habla de San Miguel de Velasco y de San Juan de Lomerío.
References
- Chiquitano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Chiquitano". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sansimoniano". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Kaufman, Terrence. 1994. The native languages of South America. In: Christopher Moseley and R. E. Asher (eds.), Atlas of the World’s Languages, 59–93. London: Routledge.
- Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília.
- Adelaar, Willem F. H. Relações externas do Macro-Jê: O caso do Chiquitano. In: Telles de A. P. Lima, Stella Virgínia; Aldir S. de Paula (eds.). Topicalizando Macro-Jê. Recife: Nectar, 2008. p. 9–27.
- Mason, John Alden (1950). "The languages of South America". In Steward, Julian (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians. 6. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. pp. 157–317.
- Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian Languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center. pp. 60.
- Krusi, Dorothee, Martin (1978). Phonology of Chiquitano.
- Sans, Pierric (2011), Proceedings of the VII Encontro Macro-Jê.Brasilia, Brazil
- Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- Santana, Áurea Cavalcante. 2012. Línguas cruzadas, histórias que se mesclam: ações de documentação, valorização e fortalecimento da língua Chiquitano no Brasil. Goiânia: Universidade Federal de Goiás.
- Fabre, Alain (2008-07-21). "Chiquitano" (PDF). Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
External links
- Lenguas de Bolivia (online edition)