Chiquito-Borôro
Encyclopedia
The Borôroan languages of Brazil are Borôro
and the extinct Umotína
and Otuke. They form part of the Macro-Jê proposal.
Greenberg linked the Chiquitano language isolate
of Bolivia
, with 20,000 speakers, with the Borôro family, but this was never substantiated, and Chiquitano is not generally part of the Macro-Ge proposal that includes Bororo.
Bororo language
The Bororo language, or Borôro, also known as Boe, is the sole surviving language of a small family believed to be part of the Macro-Gê languages. It is spoken by the Bororo people, hunters and gatherers in the Central Mato Grosso region of Brazil....
and the extinct Umotína
Umotína language
Umotína is a recently extinct language of Brazil. It was one of the few languages in the world with linguolabial consonants....
and Otuke. They form part of the Macro-Jê proposal.
- Bororo Proper
- BorôroBororo languageThe Bororo language, or Borôro, also known as Boe, is the sole surviving language of a small family believed to be part of the Macro-Gê languages. It is spoken by the Bororo people, hunters and gatherers in the Central Mato Grosso region of Brazil....
- UmotinaUmotína languageUmotína is a recently extinct language of Brazil. It was one of the few languages in the world with linguolabial consonants....
- Borôro
- Otuke
Greenberg linked the Chiquitano language isolate
Language isolate
A language isolate, in the absolute sense, is a natural language with no demonstrable genealogical relationship with other languages; that is, one that has not been demonstrated to descend from an ancestor common with any other language. They are in effect language families consisting of a single...
of Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, with 20,000 speakers, with the Borôro family, but this was never substantiated, and Chiquitano is not generally part of the Macro-Ge proposal that includes Bororo.