| Chácobo | |
|---|---|
| Chokobo-Pakawara | |
| Native to | Bolivia |
| Region | Beni Department |
| Ethnicity | 1,100 Chacobo (2006), possibly 50 Pacahuara (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 600 (2000–2007)[1] |
Panoan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:cao – Chácobopcp – Pakawarakuq – Karipuna (confuses Jau-Navo with Kawahib) |
| Glottolog | chac1251 Chácobopaca1246 Pacahuarakari1312 Karipunashin1267 Shinabo |
| ELP | Chácobo[2] |
Chácobo-Pakawara is a Panoan language spoken by about 550 of 860 ethnic tribal Chácobo people of the Beni Department of northwest of Magdalena, Bolivia, and (as of 2004) 17 of 50 Pakawara. Chácobo children are learning the language as a first language, but Pakawara is dormant.[3] Karipuna may have been a variant; alternative names are Jaunavô (Jau-Navo) and Éloe.[4]
Several sleeping and unattested languages were reported to have been related, perhaps dialects. These include Capuibo and Sinabo/Shinabo of the Mamoré River. However, nothing is actually known of these purported languages.[5]
Examples[6]
Numerals
| nicatsu | 1 |
| dafuira | 2 |
| unamarana | 3 |
| atchayuna | 4 |
| chayuna | 5 |
Pronouns
| hiasro | I |
| miani | you |
| zonihua | he/she/it/they |
| noquirzo | we |
| zunimato | you (pl.) |
Vocabulary
| chii | fire |
| huisruhuaina | rain |
| jini | water |
| mai | earth |
| oriquiti | food |
| osse | moon |
| rsepo | chicha |
| rsiqui | maize |
| vari | sun |
| vistima | star |
References
- ^ a b Chácobo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Pakawara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Karipuna (confuses Jau-Navo with Kawahib) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Chácobo.
- ^ "BBC News".
- ^ Distinguish Karipuna language (Rondônia), a Tupian language, across the border in Brazil
- ^ David Fleck, 2013, Panoan Languages and Linguistics, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History #99
- '^ Montaño Aragon, M. Guía etnográfica lingüística de Bolivia' La Paz: Editorial Don Bosco, 1987
- Tallman, Adam J. (2018). A grammar of Chácobo, a southern Pano language of the northern Bolivian Amazon (Ph.D. thesis). The University of Texas at Austin. doi:10.26153/tsw/1343. hdl:2152/74212.
External links
- Lenguas de Bolivia (online edition)
- New Testament in Chácobo
- Chácobo (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)
- Pacahuara (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)