Chimane language
Language of the western Bolivian lowlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chimané (Tsimané) is a South American language isolate. Some dialects are known as Mosetén (Mosetén of Santa Ana, Mosetén of Covendo). Chimane is a language of the western Bolivian lowlands spoken by the Tsimane peoples along the Beni River and the region around San Borja in the Department of Beni (Bolivia). Sakel (2004)[2] classifies them as two languages for a number of reasons, yet some of the variants of the language are mutually intelligible and they reportedly have no trouble communicating (Ethnologue 16) and were evidently a single language separated recently through cultural contact (Campbell 2000).
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Chimane | |
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Tsimané, Mosetén | |
tsinsimik | |
Native to | Bolivia |
Region | western Amazon |
Ethnicity | Tsimané |
Native speakers | 5,300 (2004)[1] |
Moseten–Chonan?
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Official status | |
Official language in | Bolivia |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cas |
Glottolog | mose1249 |
ELP | Mosetén |
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