Machinere language
The Machinere language is an Arawakan language spoken by over 1,000 of the Machinere people. It is a Piro language and part of the Southern Maipuran language family. The language is highly similar to the Yine language. However, mutual intelligibility is low between the two groups. It is one of the official languages of Bolivia.
| Machinere | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Bolivia, Brazil, Peru |
| Ethnicity | 967 Machinere (2012)[1] |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 953)[2] |
| Latin | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Bolivia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mpd |
| Glottolog | mach1268 |
| ELP | Maxineri |
The Machinere language is an Arawakan language spoken by over 1,000 of the Machinere people. It is a Piro language and part of the Southern Maipuran language family. The language is highly similar to the Yine language.[3] However, mutual intelligibility is low between the two groups.[4] It is one of the official languages of Bolivia.[5]
Phonology
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Dorsal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | |
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | c͡ç | |
| Fricative | s | ʃ | x | |
| Sonant | w | r | j | |
| Nasal | m | n |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | o |
| Open | e | a |
Orthography
[edit]It is written in the Latin script. The Bible was translated in Machinere in 1960.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Crevels, Mily (2012-01-13), Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (eds.), "Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking", The Indigenous Languages of South America, DE GRUYTER, pp. 167–234, doi:10.1515/9783110258035.167, ISBN 978-3-11-025513-3, retrieved 2025-02-22
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link) - ^ Machinere at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
- ^ "Manchineri - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
- ^ Matteson, Esther (1965). The Piro (Arawakan) Language. University of California Publications in Linguistics. Vol. 42. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
- ^ "Justia Bolivia :: Nueva Constitución Política Del Estado > PRIMERA PARTE > TÍTULO I > CAPÍTULO PRIMERO :: Ley de Bolivia". bolivia.justia.com. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ Silva 2013, p. 12.
- ^ Silva 2013, p. 19.
- ^ Ethnologue: Languages of the World (unknown ed.). SIL International.[This citation is dated, and should be substituted with a specific edition of Ethnologue]
- Silva, Edineide (2013-01-01). Aspectos gramaticais da língua indígena Manxinéri (Aruák) (Thesis).
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