Bésɨro

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Bésɨro is an indigenous language of the Chiquitano people of Bolivia, known for its unique phonology and endangered status.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bésɨro canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chiquitano language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
alternateName Bésiro ⓘ
Chiquitano ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
endangermentStatus endangered ⓘ
threatened ⓘ
hasEthnolinguisticGroup Chiquitano people ⓘ
hasGlottocode chik1251 ⓘ
hasISO6393Code cax ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order (tendential) ⓘ
hasMorphologyType agglutinative language ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers several thousand (approximate) ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant system ⓘ
contrastive nasalization ⓘ
vowel length distinctions ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn Bolivia ⓘ
languageFamily Macro-Jê languages ⓘ
recognizedBy linguists as distinct from neighboring languages ⓘ
region Santa Cruz Department ⓘ
spokenBy Chiquitano people ⓘ
spokenIn Bolivia ⓘ
statusInEducation limited use in local schools ⓘ
subjectOf linguistic documentation projects ⓘ
threatenedBy language shift to Spanish ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication in some communities ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
traditional rituals ⓘ
usedIn Chiquitano missions region ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chiquitano → hasAlternativeName → Bésɨro ⓘ
Besiro → alternativeName → Bésɨro ⓘ