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Chiquitano (also Bésɨro 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
Besïro
Native to	Bolivia, Brazil
Region	Santa Cruz (Bolivia); Mato Grosso (Brazil)
Ethnicity	perhaps about 100,000 Chiquitano people
Native speakers	2,400 (2021)[1]
Language family	Language isolate or Macro-Jê
Official status
Official language in	Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cax
Glottolog	chiq1253  Chiquitano sans1265  Sansimoniano
ELP	Chiquitano
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Classification

Chiquitano is usually considered to be a language isolate. Joseph Greenberg linked it to the Macro-Jê languages in his proposal,[2] but the results of his study have been later questioned due to methodological flaws.[3][4]

Kaufman (1994) suggests a relationship with the Bororoan languages.[5] Adelaar (2008) classifies Chiquitano as a Macro-Jê language,[6] while Nikulin (2020) suggests that Chiquitano is rather a sister of Macro-Jê.[7]

Varieties

Mason (1950)

Mason (1950) lists:[8]

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.[9]

• 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. (However, Combès suggests that Penoqui was a synonym of Gorgotoqui and may have been a Bororoan language.[10][11])
• 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.

Otuke, a Bororoan language, was also spoken in some of the missions.[9]

Nikulin (2020)

Chiquitano varieties listed by Nikulin (2020):[7]

• Chiquitano
  • Bésɨro (also known as Lomeriano Chiquitano), spoken in the Lomerío region and in Concepción, Ñuflo de Chávez Province. Co-official status and has a standard orthography.
  • Migueleño Chiquitano (in San Miguel de Velasco and surroundings), moribund with fewer than 30 speakers
  • Eastern[1]
    • Ignaciano Chiquitano (in San Ignacio de Velasco and surroundings)[12]
    • Santiagueño Chiquitano (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)

Nikulin (2019) proposes that Camba Spanish has a Piñoco substratum. Camba Spanish was originally spoken in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia, but is now also spoken in Beni Department and Pando Department.[13]

Some Chiquitano also prefer to call themselves Monkóka (plural form for 'people'; the singular form for 'person' is Monkóxɨ).[1]

Nikulin also tentatively proposes an Eastern subgroup for the varieties spoken in San Ignacio de Velasco, Santiago de Chiquitos, and Brazil.[1]

In Brazil, Chiquitano is spoken in the municipalities of Cáceres, Porto Esperidião, Pontes e Lacerda, and Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade in the state of Mato Grosso.[14][15]

Historical subgroups

The following list of Jesuit and pre-Jesuit-era historical dialect groupings of Chiquitano is from Nikulin (2019),[13] after Matienzo et al. (2011: 427–435)[16] and Hervás y Panduro (1784: 30).[17] The main dialect groups were Tao, Piñoco, and Manasi.

Tao subgroups

Subgroup	Location(s)
Aruporé, Bohococa (Bo(h)oca)	Concepción
Bacusone (Basucone, Bucofone, Bucojore)	San Rafael
Boro (Borillo)	San José, San Juan Bautista, Santo Corazón
Chamaru (Chamaro, Xamaru, Samaru, Zamanuca)	San Juan Bautista
Pequica	San Juan Bautista, afterwards San Miguel
Piococa	San Ignacio, Santa Ana
Piquica	east of the Manasicas
Purasi (Puntagica, Punasica, Punajica, Punaxica)	San Javier, Concepción
Subareca (Subarica, Subereca, Subercia, Xubereca)	San Javier
Tabiica (Tabica, Taviquia)	San Rafael, San Javier
Tau (Tao, Caoto)	San Javier, San José, San Miguel, San Rafael, San Juan Bautista, Santo Corazón
Tubasi (Tubacica, Tobasicoci)	San Javier, afterwards Concepción
Quibichoca (Quibicocha, Quiviquica, Quibiquia, Quibichicoci), Tañepica, Bazoroca	unknown

Piñoco subgroups

Subgroup	Location(s)
Guapa, Piñoca, Piococa	San Javier
Motaquica, Poxisoca, Quimeca, Quitaxica, Zemuquica, Taumoca	? San Javier, San José, San José de Buenavista or Desposorios (Moxos)

Manasi subgroups

Subgroup	Location(s)
Manasica, Yuracareca, Zibaca (Sibaca)	Concepción
Moposica, Souca	east of the Manasicas
Sepe (Sepeseca), Sisooca, (?) Sosiaca	north of the Manasicas
Sounaaca	west of the Manasicas
Obariquica, Obisisioca, Obobisooca, Obobococa, Osaaca, Osonimaca, Otaroso, Otenenema, Otigoma	northern Chiquitanía
Ochisirisa, Omemoquisoo, Omeñosisopa, Otezoo, Oyuri(ca)	northeastern Chiquitanía
Cuzica (Cusica, Cusicoci), Omonomaaca, Pichasica, Quimomeca, Totaica (Totaicoçi), Tunumaaca, Zaruraca	unknown

Penoquí (Gorgotoqui?), possibly a Bororoan language, was spoken in San José.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p	t̪	t	t͡ʃ	k	ʔ
Fricative	β		s	ʃ
Nasal	m		n	ɲ	ŋ
Rhotic			r
Glide	w			j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Close-mid	e		o
Open		a

[18]

Nasal assimilation

Chiquitano has regressive assimilation triggered by nasal nuclei / ɨ̃ ĩ ũ õ ã ẽ/ and targeting consonant onsets within a morpheme.

• /suβũ/ → [suˈmũ] 'parrot (sp.)'[19]

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).[20]

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),[21] see the Portuguese Wiktionary.

Language contact

Chiquitano has borrowed extensively from an unidentified Tupí-Guaraní variety; one example is Chiquitano takones [takoˈnɛs] ‘sugarcane’, borrowed from a form close to Paraguayan Guaraní takuare'ẽ ‘sugarcane’.[13]^: 8 There are also numerous Spanish borrowings.

Chiquitano (or an extinct variety close to it) has influenced the Camba variety of Spanish. This is evidenced by the numerous lexical borrowings of Chiquitano origin in local Spanish. Examples include bi ‘genipa’, masi ‘squirrel’, peni ‘lizard’, peta ‘turtle, tortoise’, jachi ‘chicha leftover’, jichi ‘worm; jichi spirit’, among many others.[13]

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

• 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)

На других языках

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[de] Chiquitano

Chiquitano (auch: Chiquito oder Besiro) ist eine indigene Sprache in Südamerika, die in den bolivianischen Regionen der Chiquitania und des Gran Chaco beheimatet ist. Sie wird heute noch vor allem im bolivianischen Departamento Santa Cruz und im Departamento Beni gesprochen, und dort in folgenden Provinzen: Provinz Ñuflo de Chávez, Provinz José Miguel de Velasco, Provinz Ángel Sandoval, Provinz Germán Busch, Provinz Ichilo, Provinz Chiquitos und Provinz Iténez, außerdem in einigen Municipios von Brasilien[4]. Das Chiquitano gilt als ernsthaft gefährdet.[5]

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- [en] Chiquitano language

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[es] Idioma chiquitano

El chiquitano, chiquito o besɨro es una lengua indígena, originaria de los Llanos de Chiquitos y el Chaco boliviano y hablada actualmente por los chiquitanos en las provincias de Ñuflo de Chávez, Velasco, Sandoval, Busch, Ichilo y Chiquitos del departamento de Santa Cruz, Iténez del departamento de Beni y en algunos municipios brasileños.[5]

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[fr] Chiquitano

Le chiquitano (ou chikitano) est une langue macro-jê parlée dans la région de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, au sud-est de la Bolivie, et dans quelques municipalités limitrophes du Brésil.

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[ru] Чикитано (язык)

Чикитано — один из индейских языков, распространён на востоке Боливии, в департаменте Санта-Крус. Есть сведения и о носителях в Бразилии. Один из 37 официальных языков Боливии.

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