Machinere language
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| Machinere | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Bolivia, Brazil, Peru |
| Ethnicity | 967 Machinere (2012)[1] |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 953)[2] |
| Latin | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mpd |
| Glottolog | mach1268 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]It is written in the Latin script. The Bible was translated in Machinere in 1960.[8]
References
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- ^ Machinere at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Closed access icon
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- ^ Silva 2013, p. 12.
- ^ Silva 2013, p. 19.
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