Iyoʼwujwa Chorote is a Matacoan language spoken by about 2,000 people, mostly in Argentina where it is spoken by about 1,500 people; 50% of whom are monolingual.[1]
| Manjuy | |
|---|---|
| Chorote | |
| Iyoʼawujwaʼ | |
| Native to | Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia[citation needed] |
Native speakers | 1,900 (2007–2012)[1] |
Mataco–Guaicuru ?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | crq |
| Glottolog | iyow1239 |
| ELP | |
Alternate names include: Choroti, Manjuy, and Manjui. It is distinct from the similarly named Iyojwaʼja Chorote.
There are about 370 speakers in Paraguay[1] and 8 in Bolivia.[citation needed] Of the 650 in Paraguay, approximately 480 are considered monolingual.[citation needed] These speakers in Paraguay only refer to themselves as Manjui or Inkijwas. They refer to the Chorote residing in Argentina as Iyoʼawujwaʼ (those who say ʼawujwaʼ), though some who reside with these people in Argentina have migrated from Paraguay. Most of the Manjui under 40 years old can read and write in their own language and were taught in their own schools. The principal location of these people is a settlement called Santa Rosa, in the province of Boquerón. Other locations include Mcal. Estigarribia, Pedro P. Peña, and Yakaquash.
Phonology
editVowels
editChorote has 6 vowels.[2]
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Close-mid | e | o |
| Open | a | ɑ |
Consonants
editChorote has 19 consonants.[2]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | labialized | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Stop | plain | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| ejective | pʼ | tʼ | kʼ | ||||
| Affricate | plain | t͡ʃ | |||||
| ejective | t͡sʼ | t͡ʃʼ | |||||
| Fricative | s | h | hʷ | ||||
| Approximant | voiceless | ɫ̥ | |||||
| voiced | l | j | w | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b c Manjuy at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b Campbell, Lyle; Grondona, Verónica (2012). "Linguistic Acculturation in Nivaclé and Chorote". International Journal of American Linguistics. 78 (3): 335–367. doi:10.1086/665672. JSTOR 10.1086/665672.
External links
edit- ELAR archive of Chorote (and Nivaclé and Kadiwéu) language documentation materials
- Argentinian Languages Collection of Ana Gerzenstein, containing audio recordings of Chorote, at the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America.
- Chorote (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)